Gopikas prayed to Krishna:
Let us listen to the melody of Your divine music
So that the seeds of love germinate
In the field of our heart, which has become
Barren due to the absence of love.
Let there be rain of love in our hearts and
Let the stream of love flow incessantly through it. (Telugu Poem)
(SSS Vol.32 Part II, p. 26)
If you have the capacity to draw the Lord to yourself, He will Himself come to you and be with you. Be like the flute, a hollow reed, straight, light, with no substance to hinder His breath. Then, He will come and pick you up from the ground; He will breathe divine music through you, playing upon you with a delicate touch; He will stick the flute into His sash; He will press his lips on it. In His hand, the infinitesimal will be transmuted into the Infinite, the anu (light atom) will be transformed into the ghana (heavy solid). (SSS Vol.4)
Bliss arises from Love. There can be no joy in a dry, barren heart. Divine Love alone can make a dry heart fit for the sprouting of the plant of joy. That was why the gopikas appealed to Krishna:
Oh Krishna, play on your magic flute,
So that its divine music may drench
Our barren hearts with the nectarine flow,
That will make the saplings of love sprout in them.
Let the sun of Krishna shine over
Our hearts covered with dark clouds.
Let love make a garland out of
The scattered flowers in our hearts.
(SSS Vol.24)
God is moved by the devotee’s heart-felt song. He becomes one with the devotee. No other form of worship has the same effect on God. It is enough if you do the singing within yourself. (Bhagavan demonstrated by singing the opening lines of a song, ‘Rama nannu kapadu’, how a melodious prayer can move the heart of anyone). Make music the passport to merger with the Divine. Music is the gift of God. Only the gifted ones can sing sweetly, appealingly and delightfully. (SSS Vol.29)
Divine music can confer solace even to children and animals. By hearing namasankirtan, even the heart of a stone-hearted person will melt. We have heard of several instances in Indian history where great devotees of God, by their namasankirtan, could bring about complete transformation in die-hard criminals. (SSS Vol.37)