Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1, Verse 22

 यावदेतान्निरीक्षेऽहं योद्धुकामानवस्थितान् |

                    कैर्मया सह योद्धव्यमस्मिन् रणसमुद्यमे || 22||

                                    yāvadetān nirīkṣhe ’haṁ yoddhu-kāmān avasthitān
                                    kairmayā saha yoddhavyam asmin raṇa-samudyame

Arjun said: O Infallible One, please take my chariot to the middle of both armies, so that I may look at the warriors arrayed for battle, whom I must fight in this great combat.

ahaṁ bhakta-parādhīno hyasvatantra iva dvija 
sādhubhir grasta-hṛidayo bhaktair bhakta-jana-priyaḥ
(Bhagavatam 9.4.63)

“Although I am Supremely Independent, yet I become enslaved by My devotees.  They are very dear to Me, and I become indebted to them for their love.”  Such is the beauty of God’s bond with his devotees that He gets enslaved, beholden by His devotees’ love.

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