In English
The nature of Love was best revealed in . The saw everywhere. They were very much attached to ’s form. When one visualizes God in a form and contemplates on it, the form manifests before him. Initially they too did not recognize ’s real nature. They thought, “Oh! That naughty son of , who indulges in silly acts like stealing butter from one house and dropping it in another.” Why should indulge in ‘cheating’? You may consider it as ‘cheating’. Not at all. There is something mysterious about it. What exactly is butter? When milk is churned in different vessels and the essence is extracted it is in the form of butter. Similarly, to bring out God, who resides in all forms of life, such churning has to be carried out. There is divinity in such unity. Consider a simple illustration: Take milk and heat it on a stove. When it boils over, sprinkle a little water into the milk. Immediately, it recedes to the bottom of the vessel. If you ask the milk why it subsided, it would say “I made friendship with water all this while. After coming in contact with fire, the bond broke and water left me. I could not stay alone so I rose from the vessel to follow my fellow into the fire.” See what intricacies exist in simple relationships! These are the secrets which help to discover divinity. Coming to ’s acts of stealing butter, many call him a thief. This is a mistaken perception. If he were to be a thief, why would he leave traces of butter sticking all over his face? herself had this doubt, and asked, “O ! You smell butter, the whole village is agog, and there are complaints galore. You are so small. How can you cause such trouble, my dear? What is all this? Is there no butter in our house? Wont I give you as much as you want? Why should you take butter from other’s houses?” replied, “Mother! It is not that we do not have butter in our house. Butter represents heart. The butter inside the hearts of those people is very sacred. Our own butter may not taste as good. Their butter is very pure and has sacred aroma.” Thus, when mother pleaded with not to go out but enjoy the butter available at home, he said no to her, as he found something special about the butter in ’ houses. He assured her, “I am not stealing. I am taking it away right in their presence.” That is why devotees sing “”. They call (the thief of hearts). When called so used to feel very happy. Actually if you call someone a thief he would get into a fight with you. But enjoyed when he was addressed as thief of hearts. And even more when you merrily sing such songs. So God indeed is the thief of hearts. He is the indweller of everybody’s heart and conscience. is the butter hidden in the hearts. is the one who steals such hearts. In divine tales even names have mystery in them. The word is derived from the Sanskrit root words which variously mean, ‘one who enjoys’, ‘one who makes others happy’, ‘one who cultivates’, etc. These names have much inner significance such as ‘the one who cultivates the fields of hearts’. Similarly, he adds the curd of love to set the milk of your heart into curds. Curds are added to curdle milk. Through love alone you can get God whose form is love. God is captured by love alone. See, what yogic mysteries are available in the culture of !