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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 19]
yad-anucarita-līlā-karṇa-pīyuṣa-vipruṭ sakṛd adana-vidhūta-dvandva-dharmā vinaṣṭāḥ sapadi gṛha-kuṭumbaṁ dīnam utsṛjya dīnā bahava iha vihaṅgā bhikṣu-caryāṁ caranti
“Topics about Kṛṣṇa are so powerful that they destroy the four religious principles—religion, economic development, sense gratification and liberation. Anyone who drinks even a small drop of  kṛṣṇa-kathā  through aural reception is freed from all material attachment and envy. Like a bird with no means of subsistence, such a person becomes a mendicant and lives by begging. Ordinary household affairs become miserable for him, and without attachment he suddenly gives up everything. Although such renunciation is quite suitable, because I am a woman I am unable to adopt it.”
vayam ṛtam iva jihma-vyāhṛtaṁ śraddadhānāḥ kulikarutam ivājñāḥ kṛṣṇa-vadhvo hiraṇyaḥ dadṛśur asakṛd etat tan-nakha-sparśatīvra- smararuja upamantrin bhaṇyatām anya-vārtā
“O My dear messenger, I am just like a foolish bird that hears the sweet songs of a hunter, believes in them due to simplicity, and is then pierced in the heart and made to suffer all kinds of miseries. Because we believed in Kṛṣṇa’s words, we have suffered great pain. Indeed, the touch of Kṛṣṇa’s nails has injured our faces. He has caused us so much pain! Therefore, you should give up topics concerning Him and talk about something else.”
After hearing all these statements from Śrīmatī Rādhikā, the bumblebee left and then returned. After some thought, the  gopī  said:
priya-sakha punar āgāḥ preyasā preṣitaḥ kiṁ varaya kim anurundhe mānanīyo ‘si me ‘ṅga nayasi katham ihāsmān dustyaja-dvandva-pārśvaṁ satatam urasi saumya śrīr vadhūḥ sākamāste
“You are Kṛṣṇa’s very dear friend, and by His order you have come here again. Therefore you are worshipable for Me. O best of messengers, tell Me now, what is your request? What do you want? Kṛṣṇa cannot give up conjugal love, and therefore I understand that you have come here to take us to Him. But how will you do that? We know many goddesses of fortune now reside at Kṛṣṇa’s chest, and they constantly serve Kṛṣṇa better than we can.”
Praising the bumblebee for its sobriety, She began to speak in great jubilation.
api bata madhu-puryām ārya-putro ‘dhunā ‘ste smarati sa pitṛ-gehān saumya bandhūṁś ca gopān