Krishna hatches a prank: he ties Radhika's hair in a topknot like his own, crowns her with a peacock feather, dresses her in his own ornaments and golden pitambara, spreads a kusha-grass asana for her to sit on, and sets a rudraksha mala in her hand. He himself takes another peacock feather, dons his garb and sits beside her — and now two figures sit still in meditation, as if two Krishnas at once. Then ankle-bells chime: Lalita, Vishakha and the sakhis are coming. The manjaris, ever the nearest, are already in the kunja, catching every detail, and with a flick of his eye Krishna signs to them: just don't give us away. The sakhis peer in: "What land have we come to — here are two Krishnas!" And sly Vrinda-devi, secretly on Krishna's side, prompts them: "That one with the rudraksha mala must be Krishna — he has chanted mantras and turned Radhika into his own form". And the manjaris only shrug: "We don't know — it was like this when we came".