Sudama was a very poor man, He did not have anything at all. And once Sudama's wife told him, "See, Krishna is your very close friend, dear friend. Why don't you go and ask him for some help?" Sudama was a little shy, "How can I ask a friend for something? I don't feel like doing it." But when there was no other way to go, he decided to meet Krishna. There is a custom in India that when you go to meet somebody, you don't go empty-handed. So what could he take? He had nothing. His clothes were torn. He was so poor! And then at home, he had few rice krispies. So he packed them in a piece of cloth and took them to Krishna. He entered the palace, it was gorgeous and beautifully decorated. Krishna was sitting on his throne, and there were so many servants around. And the moment he saw Sudama, he rushed down, and washed his feet and offered him his own seat. He put him on the throne. And then Krisha asked Sudama, "What have you brought for me? Come on!" Krishna is always mischievous, he would make fun all the time. So he said, "What have you brought?" He knew that he was so shy, that he was trying to hide his rice krispies. "How I can offer these rice krispies?" asked Sudama, But then Krishna grabbed hold of it and caught on, and then he went on stuffing it in his mouth. The joy of meeting his old friend was so much that Sudama even forgot to ask anything and forgo why he had come to meet his friend and Krishna forgot to give him anything! They both forgot!
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Sudama thanked Krishna and left the palace. And it is said, when Sudama went back to his home, he found his whole house was transformed, and he had all the riches in his house. His wife was very happy. Somebody had come with a lot of gifts. Without asking and without giving.
Yamraj reached Dwarka with his account books to teach the lesson of rules and regulations to Lord Krishna.
Started saying to God that - God forgive the crime, but the truth is that there is probably no need for me in Yampuri now, so I have come to hand over the account of the deeds of the creatures of the earth to you. In this way, Yamraj kept all the accounts in front of God. God smiled and said - Yamraj ji, what is the matter that you are looking so worried. Yamraj started saying - Lord, after your forgiveness, many sinners do not come to Yampuri at all, they go straight to your abode. Then you have just given all the three Loko donations to Sudama ji, so where should we go now? Yamraj started saying to God - Lord Sudama ji was destined to remain poor throughout his life. But by giving them the property of all the three worlds, you have changed the established rule of law. Now the importance of deeds has almost ended.
God said - Yama, how did you know that Sudama's fate has the sum of poverty for life? When Yamraj opened his account, he looked at Sudama ji's fortune place and was surprised to see that 'Shrikshay' was written as the loss of wealth. There, Lord Krishna himself reversed the same letters and wrote 'Yakshashri' in his place, that is Kuber's property. God said - Yamraj ji, perhaps your information is not complete, do you know that Sudama had given me his everything. I have given him the reward of only that favor of Sudama. Yamraj said - Lord, what kind of wealth has Sudama offered you, he has nothing. Lord said- Sudama had lovingly given me rice as his total wealth, which I and Mother Lakshmi ate with great love. The one who feeds me with love gets the same virtue as feeding the entire world. I have given the same reward to Sudama.
