Narada is arguably ancient India's most travelled sage with the ability to visit distant worlds and realms and is generally regarded as one of the great masters of the ancient musical instrument.
A Brahmin once asked Narada Muni, "Oh! Are you going to meet the Lord? Will you please ask Him when I'm gong to meet Him?" "All right," Narada agreed. "I shall ask Him." As Narada proceeded, he met a cobbler who was sitting under a tree mending shoes, and the cobbler similarly asked Narada, "Oh! Are you going to see God? Will you please inquire from Him when I'm going to meet Him?" When Narada went to Vaikuntha planets he fulfilled their request and asked Narayana about the request of the Brahmin and the cobbler. Narayana replied, "After leaving this body the cobbler shall come here to Me." "What about Brahmin?" Narada asked. "He will have to remain there for number of births. I do not know when he is coming." Narada Muni was astonished, and he finally said, "I cannot understand the mystery of this." "That you will see," Narayana said. "When they ask you what I am doing in My abode, tell them I am threading the eye of a needle with an elephant."
When Narada Muni returned to earth and approached the Brahmin, the Brahmin said, "Oh! You have seen the Lord? What was He doing?" " He was threading an elephant through the eye of a needle," Narada answered. "I don't believe such nonsense," the Brahmin replied. Narada could immediately understand that the man had no faith and that he was simply a reader of books. Narada then left and went on to the cobbler, who asked him, "Oh! You have seen the Lord? Tell me, what was He doing?" "He was threading an elephant through the eye of a needle," Narada replied. The cobbler began to weep. "Oh! My Lord is so wonderful, He can do anything." "Do you really believe that the Lord can push an elephant through the eye of a needle?" Narada asked. "Why not?" the cobbler said. "How is that?" Narada asked. "I am sitting under this banyan tree," The cobbler answered, "and you can see that so many fruits are falling daily, each fruit have seeds in it and in each seed there is a banyan tree like this one. If within a small seed there can be a big tree like this, why it is difficult to accept that the Lord is passing an elephant through the eye of a needle?"
When Narada Muni returned to earth and approached the Brahmin, the Brahmin said, "Oh! You have seen the Lord? What was He doing?" " He was threading an elephant through the eye of a needle," Narada answered. "I don't believe such nonsense," the Brahmin replied. Narada could immediately understand that the man had no faith and that he was simply a reader of books. Narada then left and went on to the cobbler, who asked him, "Oh! You have seen the Lord? Tell me, what was He doing?" "He was threading an elephant through the eye of a needle," Narada replied. The cobbler began to weep. "Oh! My Lord is so wonderful, He can do anything." "Do you really believe that the Lord can push an elephant through the eye of a needle?" Narada asked. "Why not?" the cobbler said. "How is that?" Narada asked. "I am sitting under this banyan tree," The cobbler answered, "and you can see that so many fruits are falling daily, each fruit have seeds in it and in each seed there is a banyan tree like this one. If within a small seed there can be a big tree like this, why it is difficult to accept that the Lord is passing an elephant through the eye of a needle?"
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