Jagat

...one may misconstrue that the grace of devotees is motivated by seeing the suffering of someone. This would mean that bhakti can be caused by something material. This however goes against the principle that bhakti is untouched by anything material. ...  Bhagavān does not control the will of His devotees. Thus it cannot be said that their grace is controlled by Bhagavān. Bhagavān himself is under the control of devotees. Such is the play of love that the Controller Himself becomes controlled and vice versa. Anuccheda 181 : Devotees Give Grace by Their Own Free Will ततः सत्सङ्गहेतुश्च सतां स्वैरचारितैव, नान्यः। यथाह (भा. ११.२.२४)— त एकदा निमेः सत्रमुपजग्मुर्यदृच्छया। ते नवयोगेश्वरा यदृच्छया स्वैरतया, न तु हेत्वन्तरप्रयुक्ततयेत्यर्थः। यदृच्छा स्वैरिता इत्यमरः। Nothing other than the independent will of saints can be the cause of sat-saṅga , as Śrī Nārada said: Once they unexpectedly arrived at the sacrificial arena of King Nimi. (SB 11.2.24) "They...