A Farmer's Life 2 - Favourite Devotee Poem by Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon

Favourite Devotee

But, the Sage wanted to hear
This from the Lord with his ears,
So he asked Him, 'Oh Lord, tell me,
Who is your most favourite devotee? '

'Why do you doubt, Oh! Narada,
It is you, my favourite in all
the fourteen worlds! ' were the words
The Maharshi wished to hear.

But the Lord named a farmer
who lived in a village on earth,
The learned sage could not
Just believe what he heard.

Not in all his tireless travails
Across the worlds, had he
Ever heard this name
Nor a word about this farmer!