In plain words
The black goat looks very lovely,’ he said. ‘Why have you tied this stone on? You could tie something better, couldn't you! I will give you ten rupees; take them and give me that stone,’ said the merchant. The boy took the ten rupees, poor fellow. He did not know the value of the diamond. He saw only the value of beauty and joy. This merchant knew the value of the diamond very well indeed. ‘Aha! This is a very lucky hour today. A diamond worth lakhs has come into my hands so easily!’ Holding it in his hand, he thought, ‘How precious it is!’ Even as he was thinking so, the diamond broke. He was very troubled, wondering why this had happened. Then this diamond spoke, as a voice without a body: ‘O merchant! You tried to make off with the diamond that was with this innocent cowherd boy, who experiences only kindness to all beings and Prema. Without knowing my value, he saw only my beauty. You cheated such an innocent, and though you knew my value, you did not give that much, and cheated me too. That is why my heart broke. Even the one who knows the value goes off without giving the value. You are one who has come to know the value by your knowledge of the śāstras. But you do not give me the value of that Jñāna. You use all this Jñāna merely as worldly learning. Though he knew no Jñāna, the innocent cowherd boy gave value to joy. That is Bhakti; this is Jñāna. Jñāna is lower than Bhakti, not higher. Without Bhakti, however much Jñāna there is, it is of no use,’ it said.
The Gopīs are proof of the seeking of the oneness of jīva and Brahman, and nothing else
A small example will tell how pure the Gopīs' feelings of Bhakti were. Uddhava brought news from Kṛṣṇa. “O Gopīs! I have come to give you Kṛṣṇa's news. All of you, come to Yaśodā's house,” he said. Wondering what message Kṛṣṇa had sent, they all came running. Not one of them looked at Uddhava.