“Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked the local people, ‘Where is Radha Kunda?’ No one could inform Him, and the brahmana accompanying Him did not know either.
“The Lord then understood the holy place called Radha Kunda was no longer visible. However, being the omniscient Supreme Personality of Godhead, He discovered Radha Kunda and Syama Kunda in two paddy fields. There was only a little water, but He took His bath there.
“When the people of the village saw Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taking His bath in those two ponds in the middle of the paddy fields, they were very astonished. The Lord then offered His prayers to Sri Radha Kunda.
“Of all the gopis, Radharani is the dear most. Similarly the lake known as Radha Kunda is very dear to the Lord because it is very dear to Srimati Radharani.
“Srimati Radharani is most dear to Lord Krishna, and Her lake known as Radha Kunda is also very dear to Him. Of all the gopis, Srimati Radharani is certainly the most beloved. In that lake, Lord Krishna and Srimati Radharani used to sport daily in the water and have a rasa dance on the bank.
“Indeed Lord Krishna gives ecstatic love like that of Srimati Radharani to whoever bathes in that lake even once in his life. The attraction of Radha Kunda is as sweet as that of Srimati Radharani. Similarly, the glories of the kunda are as glorious as Srimati Radharani.
“Because of its wonderful transcendental qualities, Radha Kunda is as dear to Krishna as Srimati Radharani. It was in that lake that the all-opulent Lord Sri Krishna performed His pastimes with Srimati Radharani with great pleasure and transcendental bliss. Whoever bathes just once in Radha Kunda attains Srimati Radharani’s loving attraction for Sri Krishna. Who within this world can describe the glories and sweetness of Sri Radha Kunda?” (Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 18.3-14)
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