In English
On one occasion, the looked at the that was in ’s hand and they developed some jealousy. They thought that not one of them got an opportunity to become as close to as the , although they were playing and living with right from their childhood. Such an opportunity did not come to the , although they were very devoted and were all the while thinking of . They were whispering among themselves why a mere stick of a should have such a golden opportunity. To this, one gopika said that this piece of stick was such that it had captured ’s heart and was thereby having control over . Another gopika said that the stick was having itself pressed by the divine hands. Another gopika said that the has the greatest fortune because the divine Lord was putting his mouth on the and they both take a common breath. Another gopika said that the has become very proud because it has an opportunity to sleep on the same bed on which sleeps. In this manner, while the were exhibiting their jealousy while talking about the , overheard the conversation and said that they should not promote such jealousy. She said that the was giving happiness and bliss to many people. This great good fortune has come the way of , because it has done so much good to others. The music that emanates from the has gladdened so many hearts. Not only this, she asked them to look carefully at the , you will see that, like us, it does not have too many desires. It is completely hollow and has no pulp in it at all. This is the reason why has accepted the and plays with it. If we want to get so close to , we also must become hollow like the , and we should not have any desires or thoughts. When the realised this, they felt sorry that they undertook to criticise the which gave them so much happiness. They understood that they were not able to get close to the Lord because of their bad qualities. So long as such evil qualities like jealousy and ego exist in us, we cannot get close to the Lord. The prayed to the Lord by saying, “Oh , sing a song, speak with your beautiful voice to the hearts’ content of your devotees. Extract the quintessence of the , and put it into your , mix it and transform it into a song. Sing a song! Oh, and please your devotees. Oh, , what a fortunate being you are, being so close to the Lord.” The who heard , felt very repentant and addressed the in a very apologetic manner. They were, thereafter, training their minds to go close to the heights of surrender to which the had already reached.