God is Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent. And yet, He can easily be enslaved by the love of a devotee, said Sarala Rajagopalan in a discourse.
Saint Vallalar describes this quality of His. Vallalar says that God is huge like a mountain, but He will come to reside in the hands of a devotee.
He is the king of kings, and yet He will not hesitate to come to the humble hut of a devotee. He is difficult to attain like the nectar that grants immortality. And yet He is glad to remain in the hands of a devotee. He is like the deep, wide ocean, but He comes to His devotees. He is the embodiment of jnana and is lustrous, but He is willing to remain in the small atom of bhakti that His devotees have for Him. A true devotee can tie Him up with his love.
In the Tamil version of Mahabharata, written by Villiputturar, Lord Krishna, before setting forth as the messenger of the Pandavas, approaches each of them to find out what their opinions are. Yudishtra says he wants peace. Bhima, Arjuna and Nakula want war. Krishna then takes Sahadeva aside and asks him what he wants. Sahadeva is a jnani, who knows that it is God’s will which ultimately prevails. So he says, “Whatever you want is what I want.”
When Lord Krishna insists that Sahadeva should give a suggestion to prevent war, Sahadeva answers, “Make Karna the king; tie up Bhima with chains. You too will have to be tied up.”
Krishna then asks, “Maybe the other things can be accomplished. But how can you tie Me up?” Sahadeva says that if Krishna shows His real rupa, then Sahadeva will tie Him up.
Krishna shows His form as the Supreme God to Sahadeva, and also gives Sahadeva the power to tie Him up. He then begs Sahadeva to release Him! Sahadeva lets Him go after He promises victory for the Pandavas.
