PLATE SEVEN
Krṣṇa's face, which is like an eternal festival of beauty, is decorated with ornaments, such as earrings resembling sharks. His ears are beautiful, His cheeks brilliant, and His smiling attractive to everyone. The inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, such as the cowherd boys, the cows, the calves, the  gopīs  and Krṣṇa's father and mother, enjoyed seeing Krṣṇa's beautiful features so much that they could never be fully satisfied. Thus they became angry at the creator for the disturbance caused by the momentary blinking of their eyes. The  gopīs  especially were very much afflicted by Krṣṇa's absence. When He left Vṛndāvana village for the pasturing grounds, where He tended the cows and calves, the  gopīs  saw Krṣṇa walking on the path and thought that His lotus feet (which the  gopīs  dared not place on their breasts because they thought their breasts too hard) were being pierced by broken chips of stone. Just by thinking in this way, the  gopīs  were affected, and they cried at home. ( pp. 249-250 )