Once, Radha and Krsna, surrounded by Lalita and other sakhis, were immersed in various kinds of loving pastimes when a bumblebee hovered around the beautiful lotus feet of Srimati Radhika. Thinking Her face to be a lotus flower, the bee wanted to sit there and drink its nectar; and so it continued to hover around Her face. Srimatiji became afraid and covered Her face with Her palms. She also tried to chase the bee away, but to no avail. Madhumangala saw Srimati Radhika's distress and chased the bumblebee far away with his stick. Upon His return, he announced, "I have chased madhusudana far away from here. He has gone and will not return." When Srimati Radhika heard Madhumangala's words, she at once thought that Madhusudana Krsna had gone away and had left Her, although she was sitting directly in Krsna's lap. She began to lament, deeply afflicted by seperation from Him. She could not, at that instant, understand that madhusudana also means "bumblebee". She wept and repeatedly cried out," Oh Prananatha, where have You gone? Oh, Lord of my life, where have You gone?"
Upon seeing these amazing transcendental sentiments known as prema-vaicittya, in His beloved Radhika, Krsna also forget that She was sitting in His lap. He too wept and cried, "O my beloved" and they both fainted. The tears that flowed from Their eyes and the perspiration that poured from Their bodies created this pond. When the sakhis saw Their condition, they too became senseless. Srimati's female parrot began to loudly chant Sri Radha's name, and the male parrot began to loudly chant Sri Krsna's name. As They heard each other's name, Radha and Krsna regained external consciousness and gazed upon each other with great yearning. Gradually, the sakhis also regained consciousness and in boundless bliss began to call out," Jaya,jaya."
Prema-sarovara is a manifestation of Radha's and Krsna's transcendental sentiments, as the following brajabhasa poem explains:
prem sarovar prem ki bhari rahe din rain
janh janh pyari pag dharat syam dharat tanh nain
"Day and night, Prema-sarovara is always filled with prema, or divine love. Pyari Srimati Radhika keeps Her lotus feet there, and Syama desires to keep those lotus feet in the vision of His eyes. (In other words, Syama worships this pond because Srimati has placed Her feet in its waters.)
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