In plain words
You see it in the paper every day. They write that four tigers died in Sri Lanka. Who are these tigers? Men themselves have turned into tigers. The tigers of those days turned into men, while the men of today are turning into tigers. So with the weapon called Prema we can destroy the animal in man and shape humanness into divinity. In those days men's minds were broad and simple. Though the mind is this simple through Prema alone, at times, by its very power, man's mind also turns hard. How? Out of Prema itself we have to use some words harshly. We have to impose harsh punishment too. This punishment and these harsh words are filled with Prema! When rain falls, it is all water, isn't it! Rain and hailstones alike are water! In the same way harsh words and harsh punishment, both of them, are filled with Prema! At times devotees too use some harsh words toward those they love dearly.
Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa were born for the destruction of the wicked
Kaṃsa recognised that Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa were mighty, the Yamas who would take his life, and he laid many plots to finish them off somehow; yet Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa did not fall into his hands. On the pretext of some yāga, he sent Akrūra and ordered him to bring Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa. Akrūra was a man of very simple heart, a supreme devotee. Though he had no wish to take Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa away, he had no choice but to obey his master's order. So Akrūra reached Vrepalle, told the news to Nanda and Yaśodā, and made the arrangements to take them with him. The gopīs came to know of this news. They all gathered in front of Yaśodā's house and said, ‘Who is this cruel man who has come?’ ‘He is not Akrūra, the one who is not cruel; he is cruel. Are we to put our Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa into the hands of this cruel man? But what have we to do with him? We must persuade Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa and keep them from going with him,’ and they tried in many ways.