A devotee becomes dear to Krishna not by seeking Him, but by serving faithfully so Krishna chooses to see and care for him.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Bhagavad-gītā 12.13–14 — May 12, 1974, Bombay 740512BG-BOMBAY [40:12 Minutes] Bg-12.13–14_740512BG-BOMBAY Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse] adveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānāṁ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣamī [Bg. 12.13] santuṣṭaḥ satataṁ yogī yatātmā dṛḍha-niścayaḥ mayy arpita-mano-buddhir yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ [Bg. 12.14] [05:21] Translation: "One who is not envious, but one who is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor, who is free from false ego and equal both in happiness and distress, who is always satisfied and engaged in devotional service with determination and whose mind and intelligence are in agreement with Me—he is very dear to Me." Prabhupāda: Hmm. adveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānāṁ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣamī [Bg. 12.13] santuṣṭaḥ satataṁ yogī yatātmā dṛḍha-niścayaḥ mayy arpita-mano-buddhir yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ [Bg. 12.14] So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means how to become dear to Kṛṣṇa: "How Kṛṣṇa will love me." Kṛṣṇa loves. Kṛṣṇa says that He is no one's enemy and no one's friend.
That is in neutrality. But He says, ye tu bhajanti māṁ bhaktyā teṣu te mayi, samo 'haṁ sarva-bhūteṣu [Bg. 9.29]. [child crying] [aside:] That talking, stop. Samo 'haṁ sarva-bhūteṣu na me dveṣyo 'sti na priyaḥ.
God must be equal to everyone. He is neither envious to anyone nor friendly to anyone. This is general. But there is special significance.
Ye tu bhajanti māṁ bhaktyā [Bg. 9.29]: "Persons who are engaged in devotional service with love and faith," teṣu te mayi, "I have got a special intimate relation with him." It is not partiality. Just like if a gentleman has got five sons, and out of the five sons, those who are very obedient to the father, or one of them, two of them, naturally the father is inclined to them. That is not partiality, that "Why the father is inclined to some sons and other sons, indifferent?" That is natural. As we have got this natural instinct, similarly, God has also the same instinct.
If we study ourself analytically, we can understand what is God, because we are the sample of God. Mamaivāṁśo jīva-bhūtaḥ [Bg. 15.7]. Sample. Just like if you take one drop of water from the seawater, you can understand what is the chemical composition of the whole sea.
It is not very difficult. Similarly, if you study yourself, what are your inclinations, propensities... There are so many things. So everything, what you have got, the same thing God has also got.
The difference is that you are like a drop of seawater and He is vast sea. That's all. Big quantity. Quantitatively, we are different, but qualitatively, we are one.