सर्वांग सुन्दर, सच्चिदानन्द स्वरूप, महाविष्णु (के अवतारी) श्री रामचन्द्र जी को देखकर वनवासी मुनिगण बड़े आश्चर्यचकित हुए। (उन्हें धरती पर अवतरित होने के लिए ब्रह्मा जी का आदेश होने पर) ऋषियों ने उनसे (राम से) कहा- हम सब (धरती पर) अवतरित होने को अच्छा नहीं मानते हैं। हम आपका आलिंगन (अत्यधिक निकटता) चाहते हैं।(भगवान ने कहा-हमारे ) अन्य अवतार-कृष्णावतार में तुम सभी गोपिका बनकर मेरा आलिंगन (अतिसंन्निकटता) प्राप्त करो। (ऋषियों ने पुनः कहा- हमारे) जो अन्य अवतार हों, (उनमें) हमें गोप-गोपिका बना दें। आपका सान्निध्य प्राप्त करने की स्थिति में हमें ऐसा शरीर (गोपिका आदि) धारण करना स्वीकार्य है, जो आपका स्पर्श सुख प्रदान कर सके। रुद्र आदि सभी देवों को यह स्नेहयुक्त प्रार्थना सुनकर स्वयं आदि पुरुष भगवान् ने कहा-हे देवो! मैं अपने अंग-अवयवों के स्पर्श का अवसर तुम्हें निश्चित रूप से प्रदान करता रहूँगा। मैं तुम्हारी इच्छा को अवश्य पूर्ण करूंगा ॥

I am seated in everyone’s heart and from Me came memory, knowledge and their loss. I am known by the Vedas; indeed, I am the Creator of Vedānta and I am the knower of the Vedas.

I was traveling in Gujarat. I always remember that elderly lady and respect her. I can say this lady is surely lived in the same consciousness as gopikas or the Krishna’s angadevatas, the Krishna’s Divine companions.

She invited me, “Baba come and stay in my house.” It was a small hut, she was having a one cow and small patch of land in front of her hut. Every night she will bring the food and keep it in front of that Krishna and she will start talking. She will talk as if she’s talking to somebody, she will sit casually and have a small fan. The hand fan, she will fan that Krishna Deity and she will tell alright, please eat. She will be going on talking, maybe for half an hour or one hour. Then she will eat that food and lie down, give me also little food and after a one week I said, alright Ma I’m leaving, I’m continuing my journey. She started crying, “No, no, no why do you want to go, I will not ask you to work and all, stay here. I’ll give you food and why do you wanted to go?” I said, no, no I am a sadhu, I have to continue my journey.

She ran to that Krishna and she started telling, “Oh, tell him not to go. I’m so happy that he was here. You only should tell him that not to go” and she started speaking. Then within few seconds, the very funny thing. She stopped talking and wiped her tears and said, “Oh you are telling he has to go. He’s a sadhu he has to go, okay, okay, if you are telling the okay then I will not worry, I will not cry.” She consoled herself as if Krishna is talking back. This is too much. All these days, she was talking to Krishna, okay I can put up with that. And Krishna talking back or she acting as if Krishna talking back is too much.

I went near her and said, “Mata, mataji, you are praying to Krishna that is okay, but what you are talking as if He is talking back to you? It’s all illusion you should come out of it.” You should eat healthy food and stay healthy to come out of all these.” And, she was so innocent, she said, “No, No, Baba, I’m not lying, don’t you see He’s sitting?” And she just held my hand.

I promise I saw Krishna there. He was sitting there. Just a simple child. I tell you. With what intensity you see me now, I promise at least deeper intensity than that I have seen Krishna there. He was there! Just small baby as He was described in Bhagavatha, with a small flute in the hand and putting His hand, head like this in the, on the face, very innocently with a peacock feather all the uncleaned hair and very dirty mouth, all that food was there on the mouth and unwiped and just that small little baby, He was there!