A monkey and a crocodile became the most unlikely of friends on the banks of a wide river.

They shared jamun fruit every day. Without fail.

Then one evening the crocodile took some jamuns home to his wife.

She loved them.

And then said something that chilled the water around her.

The crocodile tried to refuse.

His wife stopped eating.

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Kabir was a weaver in Varanasi. Illiterate. Low-caste. Muslim.

He wanted to study under the great saint Ramananda.

Ramananda turned him away.

So before dawn one morning Kabir lay down on the ghat steps where Ramananda bathed.

In the darkness Ramananda stumbled over him.

What Kabir said next — and why Ramananda could not refuse — is the most audacious act of devotion in the entire Bhakti tradition.

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Barbarika had three arrows blessed by Lord Shiva.

One to mark every enemy.

One to mark every ally.

One to destroy everyone marked.

He could end any war in one minute.

On his way to Kurukshetra a Brahmin stopped him on the road and asked him to prove it.

Barbarika released one arrow to mark every leaf on a great Peepal tree.

The arrow marked every single leaf.

Then it stopped.

And began circling the Brahmin's foot.

Barbarika looked at him calmly.

"There is a leaf hidden under your foot. You should lift it."

The Brahmin revealed himself.

It was Krishna.

And he had one request.

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