Gopi Kupa Divine Pastimes - Radha Kund, Goverdhan

Gopi Kupa Divine Pastimes - Radha Kund, Goverdhan

After finishing the daily morning ablutions, Shri Raghunath Das Goswami used to bathe with the water of Gopi Kupa, situated to the east of Shri Shyam Kund. He would then bathe in Radha Kund. Once, while drawing water from Gopi Kupa, he also drew a govardhana-Shila out of the well. After taking his bath that day, Shri Raghunath Das Goswami went on his way, but while doing bhajana at night, he took some rest. In a dream, he saw that the Shila was actually the tongue (jihvä) of Shri Giriraj. He also received an order from Shri Giriraj to worship the Shila according to the proper method. He had a temple constructed near the entrance of the Govindadeva Temple and arranged for the Shila to be properly worshipped there.This same Shila can be seen there today. After this event, Shri Das Goswami stopped taking bath with the water of Gopi Kupa, and had a new well constructed on the eastern bank of Lalita Kund for bathing. This new well remains there today.