PLATE SEVEN
On the full-moon night of the autumn season, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa attracted the young milkmaids of Vṛndāvana to the forest with the sound of His celebrated flute. As they approached Him, one of the  gopīs  said to Kṛṣṇa, “Dear Kṛṣṇa, by seeing Your beautiful face decorated with tresses of hair, by seeing the beauty of Your earrings falling on Your cheeks, and by seeing the nectar of Your lips, the beauty of Your smiling glances, Your two arms, which assure complete fearlessness, and Your broad chest, whose beauty arouses conjugal attraction, we have simply surrendered ourselves to become Your maidservants.” (p. 145)