How can a devotee experience the Lord? Bhagawan lovingly reminds us today with a wonderful leela of His, from the Bhagavatam!

It was one of the sports of Krishna to go stealthily into the houses of Gopikas and upset pots containing milk and curds. The Gopikas, who were worried about Krishna's pranks, were keen to catch Him red-handed. Krishna was an elusive thief. So, one Gopika suggested that the only way to catch Him was to pray to him. The Gopikas started praying to Krishna: "O Krishna, is it possible for us to catch You? You are subtler than the atom and vaster than the vastest thing in the world. You pervade every being in creation. How can we comprehend You?" As a result of the prayer, Gopikas were shown the means of catching Him. Krishna poured out milk from the pot, washed His feet in the milk and ran out of the house. Gopikas followed Krishna's footprints and caught Him. The symbolic significance of this episode is that the Divine can be experienced only when the devotee clings to the feet of the Lord. This is the teaching of the Bhagavatha.