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

 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 devote...