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Plate 105

Kṛṣṇa, the Darling of Vṛndāvana

When Lod Kipa wandes in the forest of VYndavana with His friemds on an equal level, there are innumerable cows grazing. This is one of the Lord'sblissful enjoyments. When He plays

on His flute, all living entities-including trees, plants, animals, and human beings—tremble and are saturated with jubilation. Tears flow constantly from their eyes.

Kṛṣṇa wears a pearl necklace that appears like a chain of white ducks around His neck. The peacock feather in His hair appears like a rainbow, and His yellow garments appear like lightning in the sky. Kṛṣṇa appears like a newly risen cloud, and the gopīs appear like newly grown grains in the field. Constant rains of nectarean pastimes fall upon these newly grown grains, and it seems that the gopīs are receiving beams of life from Kṛṣṇa, exactly as grains receive life from the rains.

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is full in all six opulences, including His attractive beauty, which engages Him in conjugal love with the gopīs. Such sweetness is the quintessence of His qualities. Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the son of Vyāsadeva, has described these pastimes of Kṛṣṇa throughout Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Hearing the descriptions, the devotees become mad with love of God.

AND DHṚTI-DEVĪ DĀSĪ

Painting by RĀMADĀSA-ABHIRĀMA DĀSA AND DHṚTI-DEVĪ DĀSĪ (1980)

Kṛṣṇa, the Darling of Vṛndāvana