True devotion rises on renouncing ego
Uddhavji said:
(I have lost my false pride of knowledge after seeing the love of the Gopis. I went to teach and preach, but I have instead come back having learn’t a lot more from them.)
Uddhavji said, “O Lord! I went there to preach and advise the Gopis. I was proud of my knowledge and thought it would be very easy to persuade those illiterate villagers – the Gopis. O Lord! It was my biggest mistake to take them as illiterate. They are highly enlightened souls knowing the core of the teachings of the Vedas and other scriptures. My Lord! The omnipresence of God was the subject of my talk – mere verbal, but I had never experienced it. But the Gopis live to feel, experience and see the omnipresent supreme Lord. They are with you forever. I have learnt from them the truest way of devotion. My devotion is dry compared to the Gopis’ whose devotion is full of love and affection.”
(God is omnipresent. God manifests himself through the devotional love of his devotees. The sense objects receding in detachment act like a veil to obstruct such darshan or experience. God loves his desire-free devotees.)
Uddhava said, “I have came back with a nutritious tiffin of devotional love. Words are not capable of narrating the Gopis love for You. They are supreme in devotional fervour and selfless love”:
(The Gopis cannot survive without you but still they live because they hope for your return some day.)
Uddhavji said, “The Gopis are sure of your return. They are awaiting you with unbroken faith. This hope of your return sustains their life.” Uddhava then submitted the gifts sent by the Gopis:
(He presents poojan archan and the gifts and submits that those gifts have been sent with love by the Gopis. The Gopis have asked him to hug Shree Krishna with love and affection on their behalf.)
Uddhava presents the gifts to Shree Krishna and sits there quietly.
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(Uddhavji prayed to Shree Krishna, “O Lord! I don’t know how they have sustained their life! I never saw their eyes without tears. Whenever I did see them, I found them lamenting with tears.)
Uddhava said, “O God! I lived there with them for six months and never saw them without tears in their eyes. They weep constantly in your separation. Their eyes are swollen and red due to constant weeping. They have become weak and withered bodily, but have not lost hope of seeing you. Please send some message to console them.”