In plain words
Will you give Him a little food?” they asked. “Could there be greater fortune than this!” they rejoiced, and tying up the dishes they had cooked in bundles, they themselves carried them to Kṛṣṇa. Some, however, were afraid that their husbands might punish them if they gave food to Kṛṣṇa, a cowherd, before it had been offered as naivedya to God and before the brāhmaṇas had eaten. The other women paid no heed to their words. “Gopāla alone is our God,” they felt, and served the dishes they had brought to Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa. By the time they went back, their husbands were waiting for them. “Where did you go all this while? Did you go to feed that cowherd first, without giving us our meal?” they scolded them. Later, when they sat in dhyāna, they recognised their mistake and repented. They bathed again, came back, and asked their wives to give them the prasāda left over after Kṛṣṇa had eaten.
In any Avatāra, the very first to recognise the divinity are the women. In fact, women alone draw men towards God. Only through their Bhakti and prapatti do men gain some measure of Bhakti. That is why woman has been likened to Bhakti, and man to Jñāna. Men may not go beyond the durbar hall, but women may enter even the inner palace. In the same way, Jñāna brings one up to God, but Bhakti takes one straight into God's heart. That is why our ancients gave Bhakti great value. Men do not have the Bhakti and prapatti that women have. All good qualities are right there in them. So do not belittle women.
In Puttaparthi, the contemplation of God began in Karaṇam Subbamma's own house. In those very days high-ranking officers used to come to Me. Whenever anyone appeared in police uniform, Gṛham Ammāyi (Easwaramma) would be very frightened. Quietly she would come to Subbamma's house: “Subbamma!