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In Vrindavan the trees and creepers are wonderful because throughout the entire year they produce unlimited varieties of fruits and flowers. The gopis and maidservants in the bowers of Vrindavan picked these fruits and flowers and brought them before Radha and Krishna. The gopis peeled all the fruits and placed them together on large plates on a platform 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 coconut and mango, as well as bananas, berries, jackfruits, dates, tangerines, oranges, blackberries, grapes, almonds, and various dried fruits. There were also cantaloupes, palmfruits, bel, pilu, pomegranate, and many others. Some of these fruits are occasionally available in other places, but in Vrndavana they are always available in so many infinite varieties that no one can fully describe them.
At home Srimati Radharani had made various sweetmeats from milk and sugar, and then She had brought them all for Krishna. Now these sweets were also presented before the divine couple, Radha and Krishna. When Krishna saw the very nice arrangement of food, He happily sat down and had a forest picnic.
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