| "To ask from Kṛṣṇa anything else than bhakti is foolishness. That is foolishness. My Guru Mahārāja used to give this example: just like if you go to a rich man and he says, 'Now, whatever you like, you can ask from me. I shall give you,' then if you ask him that 'You give me a pinch of ash,' is that very intelligent? Similarly, to... There is a story, that one old woman in the forest... I think it is in Aesop's Fable or somewhere. So she was carrying a big bundle of dry wood, and somehow or other, the bundle fell down. It was very heavy. So the old woman became very much disturbed, 'Who will help me to get this bundle on my head?' So she began to call God, 'God, help me.' And God came: 'What you want?' 'Kindly help me to get this bundle on my head.' (laughter) Just see. God came to giving benediction, and she wanted to 'Give this bundle again on my head'."
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