“My dear beautiful friend, if one develops love for Sri Krisna, the son of Nanda Maharaja, all the bitter and sweet influences of this love will manifest in one’s heart. Such love acts in two ways. The excruciating effects of love demoralize the arrogance of the severe fresh deadly poison of a serpent. Yet there is simultaneously pure bliss, which pours down and inhibits the prideful ego of nectar, diminishing its value. In other words, love of Krisna is so powerful that it simultaneously defeats the poisonous effects of a snake, as well as the happiness derived from pouring nectar on one’s head. Only one who is victimized by the attack of this love can understand its simultaneous sweetness and crookedness.”