How A Thief Became A Devotee - Prabhupada 0528

720815 - Lecture SB 01.02.12 - Los Angeles

"I must see Kṛṣṇa, I must see Kṛṣṇa." That anxiety, that eagerness, made it possible that in Vṛndāvana he saw Kṛṣṇa. He saw Kṛṣṇa the same way as he was informed by the Bhāgavata reader. Then he saw, "Oh, oh, You are so nice boy, Kṛṣṇa." So he began to flatter. He thought that, "Flattering, I shall take all the jewels." (laughter)

So when he proposed his real business, "So may I take some of Your these ornaments? You are so rich." "No, no, no. You . . . my mother will be angry. I cannot . . ." (laughter) Kṛṣṇa as a child. So he became more and more eager for Kṛṣṇa.