In English
Thus, there are many things that we can learn from the . The different paths they had adopted, the words they had used, and the work they did should all be learnt by us. We should learn the quality of forbearance that they had. We should also recognise the kind of sisterly relationship that existed between them. Truly, when so many were trying to reach , there are bound to be differences and quarrels amongst them. There was no place for jealousy in their minds. Absence of jealousy was their characteristic feature. Today, there is a lot of jealousy even with regard to a very small matter. If a student gets a first class or a first rank, the other students feel jealous. They do not work hard and get a rank but they feel jealous when others get it. This is why in the eighth chapter of , cautioned saying, “Do not become a jealous person.” If one always wants to find blemish in others, one starts with the quality of jealousy. The disease gradually spreads and you will try to find fault with your own and even with God. The quality of jealousy, once it begins, will neither have a limit nor a direction. It will flow in all directions in an uncontrolled manner. In the , there was no feeling of jealousy at all. If one gopika was suffering from separation from , all the other would go and console her. They used to tell her that they were all sharing her concern and separation and they thus consoled her. Even while thus consoling, they were uttering the name of , , and so on. In this manner, they were always thinking of Lord . How can any ordinary human being acquire such qualities of equalmindedness, forbearance and absence of jealousy? The were such that they had done a great deal of good in their earlier lives. If we look at their capacity for concentration, it was indeed exemplary. They would never think of anything else. Even if they had seen very fearful things, they maintained perfect equanimity. It was difficult to find people, in the , who did not blame the . Generally, men talk very lightly about women. There are very few men who recognise the sacredness contained in women.