The Vātsalya Prema of Vraja Dham is pure Mādhurya Rasa, untouched by the Aishwarya mood of Bhakti. One day, the little child Krishna was playing with His Sakhas. Suddenly, He ate a handful of the dust of Vrindavan. The Sakhas saw this and said, “Kanhaiya! We will tell mother Yashoda what you have done! You ate mud!” Kanhaiya was quite afraid that mother Yashoda might beat Him with her stick today. Nonetheless, all the Sakhas took Kanhaiya to mother Yashoda and told her everything. The Sakhas thought that if they didn’t inform this to mother Yashoda, she would reprimand them later when He would fall sick or develop a stomach pain. “Mother Yashoda, Kanhaiya ate mud!” they said. Mother Yashoda became angry. “Kanhaiya! Did you eat mud?” she asked Kanhaiya. But Kanhaiya didn’t say anything since there was mud in His mouth and as soon as He would speak, mother Yashoda would see the mud. He just shook his head to say no. “Why don’t you speak? Say yes or no,” said mother Yashoda. But Kanhaiya
“Jagat vyāpaka hari, aja bhava āgyā-kāri, madhura murati lila kathā, ei tattva jāne yei, parama uttama sei, tāra sańga koribo sarvathā.” (Prema Bhakti Chandrika 97 ) Meaning: Lord Hari is present in every corner of the material world. Brahma and Shiva are His servants. His form and the talk of His pastimes are very sweet. One who knows this is a great person. I always yearn for his association. One who knows all three aspects of Krishna’s Lordship - Gyānamaya Prakāsh, Aishwaryamaya Prakāsh and Mādhuryamaya Prakāsh - is a great devotee. If a person understands only one or two of the three aspects and not the others, then he inevitably commits Aparādha to the sadhaks of other paths by quarrelling and arguing with them. Such a person develops biased opinions about the different paths to Godhead and his heart becomes devoid of happiness. He thinks his path to Godhead is the only correct path while the other paths are not correct. Therefore, he argues with sadhaks of other paths and hurts