Talk:Īshvara is the True Bhagavān of the Universe
By Sri Vishal Agarwal
Bhagavān is the Master of the Universe. He is superior to everything else. He controls the Universe. [1]He is Almighty. We must follow His guidance given in the Vedas, which are His revelations.
No one is superior to Him or mightier than He. So we should worship Bhagavān with humility and devotion, not with arrogance and pride.
Story: Who is the Greatest Emperor?
One evening, King Akbar invited all his friends and Bīrbal to a dinner. The King boasted, "I think I am the greatest King in the world. There is no King who is greater than I am. In fact, I am even greater than God.
Then, the King asked his friends, "Tell me, do you think that I am correct? Am I not greater than God?"
Akbar’s friends got scared. They did not want to make Akbar angry by saying that God is the greatest of all. So they just kept quiet.
But Bīrbal got up and said, "Yes Your Highness, you are greater than God."
King Akbar said to Bīrbal, "I am really happy to hear that from you. You never speak a lie. Are you sure that I am greater even than God?"
Bīrbal replied, "Of course Your Highness! If someone annoys you, you can banish them from your kingdom. But God cannot banish anyone from His kingdom. This means that you are greater than God because you can do something that even He cannot do!"
When Akbar heard this, he felt ashamed. He now understood that God was the Emperor of the whole universe. Therefore, He cannot throw anyone out from His kingdom. Wherever that person goes, he will still be inside God’s kingdom — because He is the Emperor of the Universe.[2]