In English
The established that the divinity of God is omnipresent. Since they were having a human form, they were wanting to enjoy and go near a divine personality in human form. When went to , the condition of the was such that it could not be described in ordinary words. Although they were aware of the truth that was omnipresent, because of the illusion and , they were still feeling sad that was not present in human form. On one occasion when the were talking amongst themselves about , a big dark-complexioned bee came amidst them and as their thoughts were only about , they felt that had come amidst them. Another gopika started comparing the complexion of the bee with that of . Yet another gopika started comparing the qualities of with the qualities of that bee. Another gopika decided that as was dark in complexion, the bee was in fact himself. One characteristic of the bee is that it goes to a flower and sucks away the sweet honey that is contained in the flower, without paying any attention to the flower itself. They felt that was also like that in the sense that he entered their hearts and sucked out the sweetness therein, and left them without any consideration for them. They came to the conclusion that has now come in the form of the bee in order to test them. Another gopika said that the bee was not a natural one because the bee had unusually coloured feelers on its mouth. They felt that if the bee was young, it should have a black colour for its feelers, while if it was old, they should be grey in colour, but this had a red colour. Another gopika commented that in , when was playing with a gopika who was wearing red , the then possibly fell on which got stuck to the bee when it touched . Thus, they concluded that the bee has, indeed, come from . With this, all possible doubts in their minds were cleared; and they came to the definite conclusion that the bee was indeed from . The who were separated from felt jealous when they saw this bee. However, very quickly they thought that it was wrong to feel jealous of one who was close to the Lord, and they changed their views. They felt that the only way they could win the Lord’s grace was to show love and . One gopika then cried out “Oh! Bee, why don’t you go back and tell that he should kindly look at us at least once.” Another gopika said, “Can you not tell to put his brightness inside my dark heart for a little while?” Another gopika said that her life was like a dried tree and requested the bee to convey to her prayer that be should bring back some life into it. came and said, “Tell to come and see my shattered life and repair it and then wear it as a garland.” The were giving such messages to the bee to be taken back to . The inner meaning of this is that whatever the saw was only in connection with . They felt that their hearts were not pure, their lives were not sacred, and they were praying to that he should make their hearts pure and take them to their destination, which is their right. It is only natural that we should want to get back to where we came from. In this created illusory universe, pain and pleasure, loss and gain, always go together. While our husbands are angry and while our mothers-in-law punish us in many ways, yet our thoughts are always with . We feel sorry for nothing other than separation from . They were demonstrating the truth that this world is a combination of pain and pleasure. Although the mother-in-law was giving them a lot of trouble, the thought and the of would make them forget everything.