In plain words
How many times do you commit this same sin in the mind? Only those who have never thought of such sins in their minds have the right to come and strike her. The rest have no right at all to torment her,’ he said. So today we merely judge, ‘This one is a sinner, that one is virtuous,’ but what is essential is to ask ourselves who is the sinner and who is virtuous. We must make the effort it takes to see that no bad feelings arise within the mind. It is this Sankrānti that brings about such a sacred change.
Giving noble qualities to others is itself Godliness
Long ago, in the Dvāpara Yuga, the Gopīs and Gopālas enjoyed Kṛṣṇa's presence, their great treasure, and forgetting themselves, believing in Him as the God they worshipped in their life, they went on enjoying joys of many kinds. In those days they took the dung of the sacred cow as a support and changed their mental attitude to some extent. They also taught the inner meaning fitting for this sacred Sankrānti. They would set three balls of dung in one place, put three pumpkin flowers on them, and pray to Kṛṣṇa in many ways, dancing and singing. What is the inner meaning of these three balls of dung? We think of a ball of dung as something low. In the eyes of the Gopīs it was very sacred. We sprinkle dung-water in front of our houses. This brings us health. Some harmful germs die from that dung-water. They destroy the germs in the air we breathe. The people of those days held dung to be the chief sign of health and joy. The one who gives such joy and health is Kṛṣṇa. One ball is in remembrance of Him. One ball is the sign of Mount Govardhana, which Kṛṣṇa lifted to make His power and might known to the world and to teach the truth that He was not a man but Mādhava, not a mortal but Nārāyaṇa.