Gopalacampu 1.8.24

1.8.24

[12] tad evaṃ sati tasyāḥ seyaṃ bhāvanā- kleśam api viṣahya spṛhyamāṇāṃ nānā-nija-gṛhya-kriyāṃ sāmprataṃ na jānāti so' yaṃ bālaka iti dayanīyatayāsmadīyam eva khalv etadīya-kṛtyaṃ kṛtyam iti | so' yam evaṃ-vidha-sneha-vividha-vidhis tair eva boddhum adhyavasyate yaiḥ kṛtaṃ tarjana-tāḍanādikam api lālanā-mayatāṃ kalayati, kim utānyat? yataḥ,
snehataḥ kvacana ruṭ prajāyate
tasya vardhana-karī ca dṛśyate |
medure' pi mudire tathā tathā
vidyud-agnir asakṛd vivartate || [rathoddhatā]

This being so, her thought was: "Enduring even trouble, this child does not know at present the various desirable household chores of his own home; therefore, out of pity, his duty must indeed be performed by us." This diverse working of love of this kind can be comprehended only by those for whom even reproaches and beatings performed take on the nature of fond caressing, what to speak of anything else? For:
Out of love, anger sometimes arises,
and it is seen to increase that very love;
even in a dense cloud, in just that manner,
the fire of lightning repeatedly rolls around. ||5