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"This
famous
pond
is
situated
about
four-hundred
metres
south-west
of
the
village
of
Kāma.
The
following
deities
preside
around
Vimala-kuṇḍa
in
this
order:
(1)
Dāūjī,
(2)
Sūryadeva,
(3)
Śrī
Nīlakaṇṭheśvara
Mahādeva,
(4)
Śrī
Govardhana-nātha,
(5)
Śrī
Madana-mohana
and
Kāmyavana-bihārī,
(6)
Śrī
Vimala-bihārī,
(7)
Vimalā-devī,
(8)
Śrī
Muralī-manohara,
(9)
Bhagavatī
Gaṅgā
and
(10)
Śrī
Gopālajī.
According
to
the
Garga-saṁhitā,
in
ancient
times
a
glorious
king
named
Vimala
lived
in
Campaka
Nagarī
in
the
country
of
Sindhu.
At
first,
none
of
his
six
thousand
queens
bore
him
any
children,
but,
by
the
mercy
of
Śrī
Yājñavalkya
Ṛṣi,
many
beautiful
girls
took
birth
from
the
wombs
of
those
queens.
In
their
previous
births,
all
these
girls
had
been
the
women
of
Janakapurī
who
had
desired
to
obtain
Śrī
Rāmacandra
as
their
husband.
The
girls
who
took
birth
in
King
Vimala’s
home
eventually
reached
a
marriageable
age.
On
the
advice
of
Maharṣi
Yājñavalkya,
the
king
sent
his
emissary
to
Mathurāpurī
to
search
for
Śrī
Kṛṣṇa,
whom
he
deemed
to
be
the
suitable
husband
for
his
daughters.
While
on
his
way,
the
emissary
was
fortunate
to
meet
Grandfather
Bhīṣma,
who
sent
him
to
Śrī
Vṛndāvana,
since
Śrī
Kṛṣṇa
was
there
at
that
time.
Upon
arriving
in
Vṛndāvana,
the
royal
emissary
gave
Śrī
Kṛṣṇa
King
Vimala’s
letter
of
invitation,
which
requested
Kṛṣṇa
to
come
to
Campaka
Nagarī
to
marry
the
princesses.
After
receiving
Mahārāja
Vimala’s
invitation,
Śrī
Kṛṣṇa
went
to
Campaka
Nagarī
and
brought
the
princesses
back
with
Him
to
this
pleasing
Kāmyavana,
situated
within
Vraja-maṇḍala.
He
assumed
as
many
forms
as
there
were
princesses
and
accepted
them
all.
He
performed
rāsa
and
other
playful
pastimes
with
these
teenage
girls,
thus
fulfilling
their
long-cherished
desire.
The
tears
of
happiness
that
flowed
from
their
eyes
filled
a
pond,
which
became
known
as
Vimala-kuṇḍa.
By
bathing
in
this
kuṇḍa,
all
kinds
of
desires
–
both
worldly
and
transcendental
–
are
fulfilled
and
one’s
heart
becomes
pure
and
instilled
with
vraja-bhakti.
It
is
generally
said
that
all
the
holy
places
of
the
universe
come
to
Vraja
during
Cāturmāsya.
Once,
Tīrtharāja
Puṣkara
did
not
to
come.
Śrī
Kṛṣṇa
remembered
Yogamāyā,
and
merely
by
His
recollection,
a
very
strong
current
of
water
shot
out
of
the
earth.
Astonishingly,
a
supremely
beautiful
and
completely
pure
kiśorī
appeared
from
that
sacred
current,
and
Śrī
Kṛṣṇa
sported
with
that
beautiful
kiśorī
in
those
waters.
The
kiśorī
completely
satisfied
the
supremely
rasika
Śrī
Kṛṣṇa
with
her
beauty
and
pure,
loving
service
and
He
gave
her
a
boon:
“From
today
you
will
be
known
as
Vimala-devī,
and
this
kuṇḍa
will
be
named
after
you.
By
bathing
in
this
kuṇḍa,
one
will
receive
seven
times
the
pious
merit
of
bathing
in
Tīrtharāja
Puṣkara.”
Since
then,
this
pond
has
become
known
as
Vimala-kuṇḍa.
Many
great
sages
have
resided
on
the
bank
of
this
kuṇḍa
to
obtain
kṛṣṇa-bhakti.
It
is
well
known
that
Maharṣi
Durvāsā
and
the
Pāṇḍavas
resided
here.
Every
pilgrim
or
group
of
pilgrims
performing
Vraja-maṇḍala
parikramā
stays
at
Vimala-kuṇḍa
and
begins
parikramā
of
Kāmyavana
from
here
only."
Excerpt
from
the
book
'Sri
Vraja-mandal
Parikrama'
by
Srila
Bhaktivedanta
Narayana
Gosvami
Maharaja
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