Uddhava-Gopikas episode; Devotion of Gopikas

In one context, the Gopikas questioned Uddhava. Uddhava summoned the Gopikas and told them, “Come, listen to me, I shall teach you the path of Yoga.” The Gopikas were illiterate. Uddhava began to tell them, “You have not studied the Vedas, the Shastras, Puranas or the Upanishads (the sacred texts)! You are all ignorant. Therefore, I shall initiate you into Yoga and by its power you can experience the omnipresence of the Lord Krishna and get rid of your troubles and worries.” Then the Gopikas said, “Oh Uddhava! We have only one mind. We do not have another mind to devote to ‘Yogabhyasa’, the practice of yoga. And to acquire other yogic powers, we do not have the third mind. We do not have the fourth mind which would enable us to please our husbands, our mothers-in-law and other members of the family. If we had many minds, we would have given one to Yoga, another to family, and the like. But we have only one mind and that is completely given, completely surrendered to Krishna. So to learn your yoga we do not have a second mind. Kindly retrace your steps and go back!” The path of Gopikas, single-minded devotion, is verily the best path. We should be with one mind only. We should not have two, three minds. With one mind itself we keep getting into troubles and if we have many minds our troubles will also be manifold.