Real Love Is Giving To God - Prabhupada 0081

Guest (1): What should be the first step to become a devotee.

Prabhupāda: Yes, dadāti. Dadāti. That I have already explained. Dadāti. He must give. Give. Everyone goes to God to beg, "God, give us our daily bread." But one must go to God to give Him. "If I do not give bread to Kṛṣṇa, He will be starving." This is devotee's mentality. Yaśodāmāyī. Yaśodāmāyī is thinking, Kṛṣṇa, "If I do not feed Kṛṣṇa well, my child will die." This is devotion. Otherwise, everyone is asking from Kṛṣṇa. But Yaśodā-mā is thinking that, "If I do not maintain Kṛṣṇa properly, He will die."

Therefore he (she) is always trying to supply everything, mākhana, miśri. So real love begins when you try to give God.