Swami says a story on Surrender - 2
Swami narrates a story on You are mine or “God is bound to devotee’s devotion”.
‘Once, Surdas got strongly attracted to a lady who happened to be wife of another man. Realizing his mistake, Surdas blinded himself and thereafter, he spent his life in intense Bhakti for Krishna.
Once while going from one village to another, Surdas had to cross a forest.
Krishna came to his help in the form of a cowherd. At first, Surdas believed that the helper was just an ordinary cowherd boy.
However, afterwards, he realized the true identity of the one who came to help him. He then held fast to Krishna, who however, wriggled out and escaped.
Surdas then exclaimed, “Krishna, You may escape from my hold and from the clasp off these arms, but You cannot escape from my heart where I have bound You”.
Indeed, with intense devotion, the Lord can be held as prisoner in one’s heart”.
(Source - Message of The Lord - chapter in Bhakti or Devotion, page no 364)
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