How to understand the power of Divine love in making Lord Krishna as prisoner in ones own heart?

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 In Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.1.2, it is declared:

"dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo 'tra paramo nirmatsarāṇāṁ satāṁ
vedyaṁ vāstavam atra vastu śivadaṁ tāpa-trayonmūlanam
śrīmad-bhāgavate mahā-muni-kṛte kim vā paraiḥ īśvaraḥ
sadyo hṛdy avarudhyate ‘tra kṛtibhiḥ śuśrūṣubhis tat-kṣaṇāt"

Here, "sadyo hṛdy avarudhyate" reveals a divine mystery — the Lord becomes confined, enshrined, lovingly captured in the heart. But by whom? Not scholars or ascetics, but by "kṛtibhiḥ śuśrūṣubhiḥ" — those who hear with eagerness and service.

How does this happen?

When one listens to the caura-līlā — the sweet robber pastime of the Lord, the cora-agragaṇya, who steals butter and hearts alike — one unknowingly receives a rope of prema. This śravaṇa acts like the rope of Yashodā, who bound Him as Dāmodara, not with force, but with love.

Thus, sva-caurya-doṣocitaṁ eva daṇḍam — the only punishment befitting this divine thief is to be bound in the heart of the devotee. This rasa culminates most exquisitely in the love of the Gopīs, and supremely in Śrī Rādhā, where hearing alone becomes the gateway to divine union.

Such is the power of Bhāgavatam — that it makes the infinite Lord a prisoner of love.

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