Sri Kesava Vrata

Early in the morning Kesava with his sakhas would take the calves into the forests of Vrndavana, traveling through the dvadasa-vana, twelve forests, and dvadasa-upavana, twelve sub-forests. There he would learn how to serve Srimati Radhika by twelve rasas. He would sometimes learn in Surya-kunda or Radha- kunda, sometimes in Chandra-sarovara, Mana-sarovara, Kusum-sarovara, or Prema-sarovara. He would sometimes train in Kamyavana, Biharvana, and sometimes in Vrndavana. Anywhere Keseva would go, He would secretly learn these services while the Vrajavasis would think He was only tending his cows. This is what is called gopa-lila, or gopi-lila; secret pastime (lila). This is also called Govinda-lilamrta.