In English
Divine Love of and
There are many examples to illustrate this truth. If you take the love of the (milkmaids of ) for example, you may ask for what purpose did they love . They had no concern for worldly things. They were concerned only with the spiritual quest. Anyone looking at the conduct from a worldly point of view might regard their actions as improper. Likewise 's love for the Divine was not understood by those who judged him :from the worldly point of view. Would have been able to bear with indifference all the tortures to which he was subjected if he was a worldly person? He went through ordeals as a child which no man could have endured. When the king's minions goaded him with spears he prayed to the Lord and praised His glories without shedding a tear or showing any signs of fear. If his devotion had been concerned with worldly desires should he not have shed tears? Should he not have displayed fear being a mere child? He did not do so because the Lord was installed in his heart. The Lord's name was ever on his tongue. The consciousness filled his entire being from head to foot. Because of this, none of the pains inflicted on him by physical instruments affected him at all. With his thoughts centred on God the pains of the world did not affect him. Look at the love of the . When their mothers-in-law beat them or their husbands abused them they did not breathe a word, they did not complain, because they carried the image of in their hearts. Would it have been possible for them to put up with all the troubles inflicted on them if their love for was mere sensuous love? They were unlettered simple village folk but their love for the Lord was so transcendent that even praised them for their pure and unalloyed devotion.