Bhagavata Pravaha by Gauranga Darshan das

Bhagavata Pravaha by Gauranga Darshan das About the Book In this way, there was no end to the complaints of the gopis about Krsna. Sometimes, as the gopis complained, Krsna would play innocent, as if subjected to tales of fiction. Sometimes mother Yasoda defended Krsna and sometimes chastised Him, to discipline Him and teach Him good conduct. That was her absorption in her eternal mood as the mother of Krsna, the Supreme Lord, and the beloved Supreme Thief. By stealing the gopis' butter and milk, Krsna was actually stealing their tender butter-like hearts and the ambrosial-milk of their love. Actually it was the greatest pleasure of the gopis to see Krsna stealing from their homes. In fact, they prepared choicest of milk products in anticipation that Krsna would come and steal. Relishing His thievery internally, but rebuking Him externally was the special prerogative of these pure motherly devotees, in awe of Yasoda's fortune of being Krsna's mother. But they thought she must be bereft