PLATE SIX

After performing His wonderful pastimes in the Yamuna River, Lord
Sri Krsna got up on the shore, taking with Him all His beloved gopis.
After putting on dry clothing, they went to a small jeweled house, where
the gopi Vrnda arranged to dress them in forest clothing by decorating
them with fragrant flowers, green leaves and all kinds of other orna-
ments. In Vrndavana, the trees and creepers are wonderful because
throughout the entire year they produce all kinds of fruits and flowers.
The gopis and maidservants in the bowers of Vrndavana picked these
fruits and flowers and brought them before Radha and Krsna. The gopis
peeled all the fruits and placed them together on large plates on a plat-
form in the jeweled cottage. They arranged the fruit in orderly rows for
eating, and in front of it they made a place to sit. Among the fruits were
many varieties of mango, bananas, berries, jackfruits, dates, tangerines,
oranges, blackberries, grapes, and all kinds of dry fruit. At home Srimati
Radharani had made various types of sweetmeats from milk and sugar,
and she had brought them all for Krsna. When Krsna saw the very nice
arrangement of food, He happily sat down and had a forest picnic.
