THE LORD OF DEVOTEES – STORY
Viewing the Lord Krishna in His child form is the rarest occurrence and even gods wait for eons to view that form.
When Lord Shiva took the form of an ascetic and entered Gokul so that he could catch a glimpse of Lord Krishna.
There have been many bhajans sung about this entire scenario.
However, there is another story connected to this one that few are aware of.
It is written that after witnessing the troubles that Lord Shiva went through to glimpse the child form of Lord Krishna, Sage Narada confronted both Lord Shiva and Lord Krishna.
He was amused that both Lord Krishna and Lord Shiva used to address each other as Lord and profess that he is the other’s devotee.
Sage Narada implored them to declare truly as to who was whose devotee after all.
Lord Shiva proclaimed that He has always been Lord Krishna’s devotee and in every form that he has taken, Lord Shiva has managed to play the role of a devotee and a servant to him.
Lord Shiva further argued that he is Lord Krishna’s biggest devotee.
At this, Lord Krishna smiled and immediately countered that since Lord Shiva was his devotee, He automatically became His devotee.
Sage Narada heard this exchange with tears in his eyes and bowed to both the gods.
It was the first instance of many where Lord Krishna has said that He is the servant of his devotees.
This reflects on the popular belief around Shri Krishna that He may lord over the entire universe but he will always follow the wishes of his devotees.
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