"Having missed a rendezvous with Srimati Radhika, He was passionately frowned upon by Her and was subsequently bound up by Her golden waistband. He then proceeded to offer the explanation that His delay was due to the great festival of the Kartika month that was being celebrated by His mother. I meditate on Him, who thus became known as Damodara, who in this bound condition offered many excellent words of flattery with goose bumps on His body."

[ Bhavisyottara Purana ]

[Cited in the commentary on Krsna-Karëamrta by Srila Krisnadas Kaviraj Goswami, verse 110. Translated by Hari Parshad Das from the Sanskrit available at http://www. granthamandira.com

Sanskrit:

sanketavasare cyute pranayatah samrabdhaya radhaya

prarabhya bhru kutim hiranya rasana damna nibaddhodaram

karttikyam janani krtotsava vara prastavana purvakam

catuni prathayantam atma pulakam dhyayema damodaram