Lord Brahma returns to His service

SB 10.14.41 :
Sukadeva Gosvami said: Having thus offered his prayers, Brahma circumambulated his worshipable Lord, the unlimited Personality of Godhead, three times and then bowed down at His lotus feet. The appointed creator of the universe then returned to his own residence.

Purport
Although Lord Brahma had prayed to take birth as a blade of grass in Vrindavana or even in the area surrounding Vrindavana, Lord Krishna, by His silent response to Brahma's prayers, indicated that Brahma should return to his own abode. First Brahma had to complete his personal devotional service of universal creation; then he could come to Vrindavana and get the mercy of the inhabitants there. In other words, a devotee should always be attentive to executing his personal devotional service properly. This is more important than trying to live in the Lord's abode.

This also applies when there are visiting Sanyasis and elevated spiritual personalities. It is wonderful to continuously get their darshan and always surround them. Through Lord Brahma's example we learn that we must be attentive to our service and do the needful instead of just remaining around those personalities and becoming a disturbance for them.


Lord Brahma was so attentive to His service that He left the personal association of Lord Sri Krsna and returned to His service even when he had just prayed to remain a blade of grass in Vrindavana.