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God's accessibility 
http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/24/stories/2006082401440900.htm



CHENNAI : Every manifestation of the Almighty in this
world is unique as the purpose for His descent varies.
His incarnation in human form as Krishna has been
glorified by mystics and scholars alike for His easy
accessibility (Saulabhya). Vedanta Desika underscores
that the Lord chose to be born in the simple cowherd
community. They were privileged to witness all His
childhood divine deeds. Even though His divine nature
was evident right from His birth, His Saulabhya was
such that they never had a chance to feel He was
different from them. Krishna chose to do such acts
that are considered menial ? tending cows along with
the cowherd boys, becoming the envoy of the Pandavas
to negotiate on their behalf and then when the war
became inevitable He became Arjuna's charioteer. 

In his Harikatha, Kalyanapuram Sri R.Aravamudachariar
said Pillai Lokacharya had noted that the singular
feature of the Ramayana was the Divine Mother (Sita)
subjecting Herself to captivity in Lanka and in the
Krishnavatara the Lord assuming the role of a
messenger of the Pandavas. The Divine couple thus go
to any extent for the sake of their devotees. The
Azhwars are unanimous in their portrayal of Krishna's
Saulabhya. He, who is the infinite, omnipotent Lord of
the entire creation, allowed Himself to be bound by a
piece of rope to a mortar when Yashoda was unable to
tie Him after repeated efforts. This only goes to show
that God makes Himself accessible to His devotees and
is beholden to unalloyed devotion. 

Among the scriptural texts it is the Bhagavata Purana,
which describes the Krishnavatara elaborately. The
composition of this Purana by Vyasa after he finished
his marathon undertaking, the Mahabharata, gives
insight into the subject matter of this work. Even
though he had dealt with the life of the Lord in the
epic, devotion was not the main theme in it and hence
he did not derive peace of mind. At the instance of
Narada he then undertook to write the Bhagavata Purana
with devotion to God as the leitmotif. It is in the
depiction of Lord Krishna's glorious, inimitable deeds
that the sage surpasses all his other literary
accomplishments. Moreover, it was because of
Pareekshit who listened to the exposition of this
Purana from Suka that Krishnavatara merited such
singular treatment


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