|| Shri Hari ||

Srimad Bhagavata on Granting Boon of Loving Devotion

God has not created man for His enjoyment, nor for engaging man in worldly pleasures, nor for ruling over Him.  Rather He has done this, so that man loves Him,  and He loves man,  and man calls Him his very own,  and God calls man His very own;  and man looks towards God,  and God looks towards man ! It means that God does not make man his servant “das” (dependent), rather He makes man like Himself, and respects man like Himself.   Therefore God hesitates to give His devotion, because in devotion,  man becomes God’s servant.  It has therefore come in Srimad Bhagavata  ‒

मुक्तिं ददाति कर्हिचित्स्म न भक्तियोगम् ।

                                       (श्रीमद्भा॰ ५ । ६ । १८)

Muktim dadaati karhichitsma na bhaktiyogam |  

(Srimad Bhagavatam 5/6/18)

He bestows now and then (even) final beatitude on those who worship Him;  but He rarely (i.e. in very rare cases) grants the boon of loving devotion (to His feet).   

In other words, at times, God gives liberation,  but He  rarely gives the yoga of devotion.   

From "Bhagwan aur Unki Bhakti" in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji