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Be happy with what you have
Materialistic pleasures were never the goals of
Indians. People used to be satisfied with what they
had and within what they had, used to help others.
Their hearts were filled with pure love, friendship
and bhakti. The story of Sudaama, the best friend of
Lord Krishna, stands as an outstanding example for
this.

Sudaama and Krishna Bhagavan were good friends. The
friendship started at their gurukulam with Shri
Saandeepa. As always duty takes more priority than
everything. Hence, after completing their studies they
had to part. However, neither Krishna nor Sudaama
could forget each other. Sudaama, knowing who Krishna
really was, also had true devotion for him. Sudaama
never was interested in earning lot of money or other
such aihikechchas. Once after many years, not able to
bear the separation from Krishna anymore, sets off to
meet Krishna.

On hearing the news of his friend?s arrival, Krishna
runs to the city gates to receive Sudaama personally.
Krishna, the paramaatma, hugs Sudaama several times
and they break into tears with uncontrollable
aanandam. Krishna takes Sudaama to his palace and
makes him sit comfortably on the shayanaasanam of
Krishna and Rukmini Devi. Krishna, whose feet Brahma
himself washed to produce the holy waters of Ganga,
washed the feet of his friend, together with Rukmini,
with utmost care. Then the Lord of the worlds,
purifies himself, his queens and the palace with the
paada jalam of the great scholar, Sudaama. Though
Sudaama was very poor and did not even have money to
eat food, he did not even think about it while he was
with Krishna. Krishna took the atukulu brought by
Sudaama for him and commented that it was one of his
best ever meals. Both of them talked a lot, till their
hearts were full and finally Sudaama returned to his
house with a full heart, thoroughly satisfied with the
Lord?s sweet words.

(Ofcourse, the sthiti kaaraka of the worlds, Krishna,
blesses him with all worldly pleasures too?)



Morals in the story:

Money, property and other pleasures are
Kshanabhanguraas and as a person keeps satisfying
them, they will only increase. Hence, like Sudaama,
one needs to be content with what he has. Even given a
chance to ask anything from Krishna, he did not choose
to ask him! 
The nature of pure friendship is exposed by Krishna
and Sudaama. Krishna, being the lord of the universe,
washed the feet of his friend and purifies himself
with the paada-jalam. Sudaama, though was extremely
poor, never asked Krishna for wealth and make
friendship a business. 
Notice that only a guru is one who makes a person meet
God. This is reflected clearly in the story. It is
because of Saandeepa that Krishna and Sudaama knew
each other and met each other again. 
Krishna making his friend sit on his shayya, talk with
him what Rukmini and he talk intimately and receiving
Sudaama at the gates of the city show how intimate &
sincere friendship must be. 
The kind of respect one must give to an Atithi and a
scholar is well brought out by Krishna. 
Message:

Self-contentment gives a man the power to control any
of his attraction towards the wrong path. If a person
is not self-satisfied, he will always have ever
increasing greed. Even control over the universe would
not give him satisfaction.



 
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