PLATE ONE
“When Uddhava was sent by Kṛṣṇa to see the condition of the  gopīs  in Vṛndāvana, he stayed there for a few months in their association and always talked with them about Kṛṣṇa. Although this greatly pleased the  gopīs  and other residents of Vrajabhūmi, Vṛndāvana, Uddhava saw that the  gopīs  were severely afflicted by their separation from Kṛṣṇa. Their hearts were so disturbed that their minds were sometimes deranged. Observing the unalloyed devotion and love of the  gopīs  for Kṛṣṇa, Uddhava desired to become a creeper, a blade of grass or an herb in Vṛndāvana so that sometimes the  gopīs  would trample him and he would receive the dust of their lotus feet on his head.” ( pp.26-27 )