Passage 9

In English

It is not as if there were no who had bodily attachments. Even such put the path of divinity at a high level and always adopted a sacred path. It was the normal practice that visited all the homes in . He could assume any number of forms. There was, however, no scope for any misinterpretation because, at that time, was about seven years old. On the other hand, the were about thirty years old. The had no attachment to even as a brother or as a son. They regarded him as a divine incarnation. Because of this, and because had no bad thoughts at all, he used to freely enter the houses of the . On one occasion, went to the house of one gopika rather late and by that time the husband had already gone to sleep. However, as had no hesitation at all, he banged hard on the door. Only those who want to do things in a stealthy manner do things with fear, but had no such fear and so he knocked loudly on the door. The used to have small peep holes on the doors and their husbands or mothers-in-law would not know of these peep holes. There is an inner meaning to this, which I will give later. When was knocking at the door in that manner, that particular gopika had some amount of attachment to worldly matters and she replied, “Oh ! Please wait for a little while. My husband has not yet slept, and I will open the door shortly.” The knew very well that their surrender to the Lord should be done in a very quick manner and without any fuss. The devotees of today will go to the extent of even challenging God and will pass a vote of no confidence if their difficulties are not removed.