In the section of MB vana-parva when Draupadi invokes kriShNa to save her from the wrath of durvAsa, just look at how the ithihAsa erupts in a rapturous description of bhagavAn coming immediately to draupadi's side+
evaM stutastadA devaH kR^iShNayA bhaktavatsalaH . draupadyAH saMkaTaM j~nAtvA devadevo jagatpatiH pArsvasthAM shayane tyaktvA rukmiNIM keshavaH prabhuH

Each name describes a special quality of bhagavAn. Meaning below+
[Being praised in this manner by draupadi and understanding her distress, that god who goes to his devotees when praised (devaH), who is very affectionate to his devotees that he experiences great joy in attaining them (bhaktavatsalaH)...]+
[...Who possesses innumerable and unique auspicious attributes that other gods do not possess (devadevaH), who possesses the Universe as his body and thus bestows his grace on all without exception (jagatpatiH)...]+
[...who is the Lord of brahmA and rudra (keShavaH) and thus the Supreme Master of all (prabhuH) went to that place abandoning the bed of rukmiNi who was lying by his side.]+

Do these qualities require any further explanation? Look how even the MB cannot contain it's joy!+
Note that the text says he left rukmiNI despite being in a state of intimacy with her. The inner meaning is, bhagavAn loves the jIvAs in samsAra more than the jIvAs who are always with him in the liberated world+
Just as a mother with 2 kids feels greater love for the one she has lost as opposed to the one who is with her all the time, he immediately left rukmiNI who has already attained him, when draupadi, the one in distress, called him!+
It signifies that his affection for us who are separated from him and even ignorant of him is greater than the affection he has for the muktAs and nitya sUrIs like Adi sesha, garuDa etc who serve him incessantly.//
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