एक महिला थी। उसका नाम था कान्हबाई वह श्रीकृष्णके बाल रूपकी भक्ति करती थी। कहा जाता है कि जब वह श्रीकृष्णको पालनेमें झुलाती, तब वे स्वयं मूर्तिमान् हो जाते और वह उनको जिस प्रकार एक छोटे बालकको झुलाया जाता है वैसे ही झुलाने लगती होते-होते श्रीकृष्ण उसको बिलकुल माताकी तरह आनन्द देने लगे। वे अब हर समय उसके सामने प्रकट रहते । वे कभी उसको खानेके लिये कुछ बनानेके लिये कहते, कभी और कुछ काम करनेके लिये कहते रहते तथा वह भक्तिमती महिला सदा उनकी इच्छाके अनुरूप कार्य करती रहती।
एक बार वह भगवान्को शयन कराके किसी उत्सवमें चली गयी। किसी कारणवश रात्रिको न लौटसकी। अधिक रात्रि बीतनेपर कान्हबाई तथा वहाँ उपस्थित अन्यान्य सज्जनोंमेंसे भी पाँच-सातको ऐसा सुनायी पड़ने लगा – मानो कोई बालक रोता हुआ कह रहा है- ‘मैया ! मुझे डर लग रहा है।’ यह सुनते ही कान्हबाईने कहा कि ‘मेरा बच्चा रो रहा है।’ और उसी समय वह घबरायी हुई-सी वहाँसे उठकर घर चली गयी। और जाकर भगवान्को थपथपाकर-फुसलाकर शयन कराया।
जब उसका अन्तकाल समीप आया, तब श्रीकृष्णने कहा- ‘मैया ! अब तू यहाँसे चल ।’ यह कहकर भगवान् उसकी आत्माके साथ चले गये तथा उसके प्राण-पखेरू उड़ गये।
इस तरह अपने भावके कारण उसने भगवान्को भी अपने वशमें कर लिया।
There was a woman. Her name was Kanhbai. She used to worship the child form of Shri Krishna. It is said that when she used to rock Shri Krishna in the cradle, then he himself became an idol and she started rocking him the way a small child is rocked – Shri Krishna started giving him joy just like a mother. They would now appear before him all the time. Sometimes he would ask her to cook something to eat, sometimes he would ask her to do some other work, and that devoted woman would always act according to his wishes.
Once she went to some festival after putting God to sleep. For some reason could not return at night. After much of the night passed, Kanhbai and five-seven of the other gentlemen present there began to hear – as if a child was crying and saying – ‘ Mother! I am scared.’ On hearing this, Kanhbai said, ‘My child is crying.’ And at the same time she got up from there in a panic and went home. And went and coaxed God to sleep.
When his end came near, then Shri Krishna said – ‘ Mother! Now you leave here.’ Saying this, God went away with his soul and his life-birds flew away.
In this way, due to his feelings, he even took God under his control.
