Why Does One God Go to Another for Help?

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You must have seen in our scriptures.

When Sri Hari is in trouble, he needs help, he goes to Shiva.
When next time Shiva is in trouble, he goes to Sri Hari.
When Brahma is in trouble, he goes to Sri Hari and both of them together go to Shiva.
When Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva — all three are in trouble — they go to Devi or Ganesha.

This keeps on happening.
Scriptures will not allow you to conclude that this god or goddess is the greatest.
Because they are all the same — just manifestation in different forms.

Here, understand one more thing.

When Lord Krishna has taken avatara – he is in a body.
A body has limitations. The power available to him when he is within the body is limited.
But his real power is unlimited. It is outside this body.

There is another way to look at this.
Suppose you have one crore of rupees with you. You won’t keep it at home. You will keep 10,000 at home for your immediate use and deposit the balance in the bank.
In the same way, gods — when they appear in saguna form, with a body — they don’t bring their entire power.
They only bring a little bit. The rest they leave behind.
Because the entire power — this world will not be able to bear.
If you send 10,000 KW or 10,000 volts to a small electric bulb, what will happen?

Then, suppose you need five lakhs — what will you do?
You will go to the bank, write a cheque, request the cashier.
Stand in the queue. He will verify your signature and give it to you.
It is your own money, but in somebody else’s custody.
In the same way, Krishna’s power is in Shiva’s custody.

Shiva’s power is in Vishnu’s custody.
Cashiers also get transferred.
So today, Shiva may be the cashier for Krishna’s money.
He may get a transfer. Devi will come and sit there.
But essentially you have to write a cheque, stand in the queue, and get your money — even if it is your own money.

After coming here, when the gods have to perform miracles, superhuman tasks, then they have to get more power from what they have left behind. This they get through other gods.
Tell them — please take some from my stock and hand it over to me.

Keeping this in mind:

Lord Krishna had eight sons in Rukmini —
चारुदेष्णः सुचारुश्च चारुवेषो यशोधरः
चारुश्रवाः चारुयशाः प्रद्युम्नः शंख एव च

These were the eight sons.
When Jambavati, another wife of Lord Krishna, saw these great valorous sons of Rukmini, she told the Lord — I also want a son as great as Indra.
Now, the Lord is in human body.
He needs to tap into the universal power — of course his own power, but outside the body.
What would he do?

He decided to do tapas.
Tapas of Mahadeva.
He would do tapas of Mahadeva, get his blessings, and get a son for Jambavati as she wants.
She doesn’t want an ordinary child — someone as powerful as Indra.
We pray to Sri Hari as Santana Gopala for a child.
And he prays to Mahadeva as Santana Parameswara.

Kurma Purana says this was the greatest of all tapas —
निदानं तपसस्तपः

He started looking for a proper place to do tapas.
Roamed around and reached the ashrama of a muni called Upamanyu.

Why did he have to roam around?
Is it possible that the Lord didn’t know?
He is in human body. He has to do everything like how a human would do.

Upamanyu was a great Shiva bhakta.
The inhabitants of Upamanyu instantly recognized who had come — the Lord of the universe, assuming the form of Krishna.
Look at his leela. He has come to bless them.
And acting as if he wants to do tapas.
They took advantage of the opportunity — worshiped him in every way possible — physically, with their minds, with words, singing his praises right in front of him.
This is a rare chance. Who gets the opportunity to sing his praises right in front of him when he is in physical form?

Lord Krishna told the Maharshi — I want to see Mahadeva, Maheshwara.
Maharshi told — this is possible only through intense tapas and bhakti.
Mahadeva is present here in this ashrama, but you will be able to see him only through intense tapas.

It is in this ashrama that Vasishta, Vyasa, Gomatha Surabhi, and Mahakala got darshana of Mahadeva.
Many great rishis have attained him here.

Lord Krishna wore bhasma all over his body and started chanting Rudra mantras continuously.
After a long time, the Lord got darshana of Mahadeva and Parvathy Devi.

Lord Krishna praised Mahadeva with a stuti.
Mahadeva asked him — why did you do tapas?
You are the one granting the wishes to all those who do tapas.

Lord Krishna said — you know everything, why I have done tapas.
I want a son, a great son.

Mahadeva glanced at Parvathy Devi and said — tathastu.
Then embraced Lord Krishna.

Mahadeva said —
नावयोर्विद्यते भेद एकं पश्यन्ति सूरयः
Wise people, scholars do not see any difference between the two of us.

As a result of this blessing, a great son called Samba was born to Lord Krishna and Jambavati.

Ramaswamy Sastry and Vighnesh Ghanapaathi