॥॥
In plain words
Tyāgarāja sang, ‘O You who lie on the Ocean of Milk, take me as Yours...’ God is the One who lies on the Ocean of Milk. That is, this God lies resting in the heart of every single one. That alone is His own abode! That is why, when Balarāma comes and says many hostile things against Kṛṣṇa, Yaśodā grieves deeply. Balarāma: ‘Mother! Is there no food for Him at home? Is there no curd, no milk in our house? He is eating mud in the bazaar,’ and so he told tales. The words of the Divine are always very strange. And not only strange: they are full of inner meanings. The mother takes Him by the ear: ‘Kṛṣṇa! Is there no butter in our house? When I give it to you, does it not taste good to you? Do not go to the cowherds' houses and eat butter,’ she scolds. Laughing, and in a way that taught the meaning of Vedānta, Kṛṣṇa: ‘Mother, am I a baby, or a madcap, to eat earth!’ Mother! Am I a little boy? Or a mischief-maker? I am not a madcap, no, no,’ He said. What does this mean? He was teaching, indirectly, that He was God Himself in person. Divinity teaches indirectly, in this way. When you tell man directly, his worldly thoughts and worldly vāsanās stay confined to worldly life alone. Principles beyond the worldly make no sense to him at all. These are pravṛtti. But His deeds belong to nivṛtti. If we are to recognise this principle of nivṛtti, we must make some effort along the path of pravṛtti.
Ānanda Is Gained from the Ātma Alone
In our humanness we must recognise a little what conduct to follow, in what kind of situation and in what kind of place.
Delighting in yoga or delighting in pleasure, delighting in company or without company, he whose citta delights in Brahman rejoices, rejoices, rejoices indeed. ‖Bhaja‖
Yogis live simply. Does divinity come to them just by that?