Krsna becomes obliged to the loving spirit of the devotee and not exactly to the service rendered. No one can serve Krsna completely. He is so complete and self-sufficient that He has no need of any service from the devotee. It is the devotee's attitude of love and affection for Krsna that makes Him obliged. A very nice example of this obligatory behavior was manifested when Sudama Vipra went to Krsna's palace. Sudama Vipra had been a class friend of Krsna's, and due to his poverty he was induced by his wife to see Krsna to request some aid. When Sudama Vipra reached Krsna's palace, Krsna received him very well, and both He and His wife washed the feet of Sudama Vipra, showing respect to the brahmana. Remembering His loving affairs with Sudama in their childhood, Krsna began to shed tears while receiving him.

Another instance of Krsna's obligation to His devotee is described in the Tenth Canto, 9th Chapter, 14th verse, of Srimad-Bhagavatam, where Sukadeva Gosvami tells King Pariksit: "My dear King, when Mother Yasoda was perspiring, tired of trying to bind Krsna up with rope, Krsna agreed to allow her to bind Him." Krsna, as a child, was disturbing His mother by His naughty activities, and she wanted to bind Him up. Mother Yasoda brought some rope from the house and tried to tie up the child, but she could not tie a knot due to the shortness of the rope. She tied together many ropes, but when she finished still the rope was too short. After a while she felt very tired and began to perspire. At that time Krsna agreed to be bound up by His mother. In other words, no one can bind Krsna by any means other than love. He is bound only by obligation to His devotees, because of their ecstatic love for Him.