Long ago there lived two devotees of lord Vishnu. They used to sit under Banyan tree and spend entire day in praying their deity. One day these devotees saw Naradji (sage very close to Lord Vishnu) passing by. Seeing him the first devotee requested Naradji,

“Oh Saint! You are so close to my lord, could you please ask Lord on my behalf that, when he would come and bestow me?”

Hearing this even the second devotee requested Naradji the same.
After reaching Vaikunth, Naradji narrated concerns of devotees to Lord Vishnu. Lord smiled and gave answers.
Later Naradji met these two devotees; both of them were very anxious and wanted to know what lord has replied.
To the first devotee Naradji replied

“God has said, the number of branches that this Banyan tree has after taking that many Janmas, you would get mukti and would be able to meet the God.”

The first devotee became furious, and replied back to Naradji

“Are you serious? I have been praying God since last so many years.
How God can be so rude me?
He does not even care about me; and wants me to be born again and that too so many times.
I would not like to pray God, who is not bothered about me and hence I am quitting, I would not pray anymore.”

In spite of hearing this conversation between the first devotee and Naradji, second devotee still had some hopes and he asked Naradji what did God reply.
Naradji then replied

“for you, my dear son, it would take more time”

How much? Second devotee asked.
You need to die and need to re-born as many times, as the number of leaves, on this Banyan tree.
Hearing this second devotee became happy; there was no limit to his happiness. He asked Naradji

“That means when you asked about me to the God; he was able to recollect, who I am? It means my God knows about me, out of billions of his devotees he could identify me; there is no news greater than this. And the happiest part is after taking so many births I would finally meet my Lord, my mukti is certain. What else one requires?”

It is said the second devotee enjoyed this news so much and became so happy that he immediately collapsed and his soul immediately met the Lord the very next moment.
Happiness is one of the biggest gifts of God, to the mankind; In Sanskrit and Hindi one of the synonym of God is Parmanand. The meaning of Paramanand is infinite happiness.
The second devotee reached to a stage of Parmanand; that is infinite happiness that could cut all the bars between him and God. This happiness made second devotee meet the God.