How Lobha (Spiritual Greed) will Awaken in the Heart

Śrīla Gurudeva has told that it is only by hearing hari-kathā from a bona fide guru or pure devotee, that greediness will awake in our heart. But only hearing will not be enough, we also have to render devotional service and perform our own sādhana-bhajana.

One time Jaṭilā needed to go out of Jāvaṭa. Seeing this opportunity, one sakhī quickly informed Kṛṣṇa and arranged a meeting with Rādhikā. Then all of a sudden, without warning, Jaṭilā came back without going to the other village. Jaṭilā walked right in and caught Śrī Kṛṣṇa playing intimately with her daughter-in-law, Śrīmatī Rādhikā. Seeing this, Jaṭilā became very angry and pointed her finger threateningly at Kṛṣṇa.

Śrī Kṛṣṇa quickly said, “My dear lady, I vow that I did not even look at any yoghurt. Still, this girl, your daughter-in-law, she became suspicious of me, and said that I took and ate some yogurt from one of her yoghurt pots. So, in order to confirm this, by force she was opening my mouth and smelling my breath. Please tell your daughter-in-law that I am a saintly person. She should not be doing this here and that she should not be so suspicious of me.”

Hearing this clever explanation from Kṛṣṇa, the other sakhīs, especially the messenger who had invited Kṛṣṇa to come and meet there, could not stop laughing.

By hearing such delightful pastimes from the mouth of a pure devotee, an eagerness or desire to serve the Lord in His sweet pastimes, starts to manifest in the heart.