'Sudama' aka..

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HARI AUM

 

'Sudama' aka 'Kuchelan' is perhaps the most relatable of all Krishna's

characters. All others have acted so much different from the mundane. Most had

supernatural powers. But here is 'Sudama' in all its elements of an ordinary

human being. That is why his story is heart wrenching.

 

Read and be blessed the beautiful piece by Swami Krishnanandaji on the thoughts

of 'Sudama' while travelling back empty handed after his visit to his 'old

friend'.

 

Regards

 

Balagopal

 

NARAYANA NARAYANA NARAYANA

 

“I came all the way from my hut, my little cottage. What for is this my

painful trekking? What am I going to tell my lady in the house? She expects me

to bring her some wealth from Dwaraka. I had already told her that I had no wish

to go and beg from Krishna. How could I, myself, ask anything? I thought he

would understand my condition, he being so great. Probably he felt that I should

not be bothered with wealth, the sorrow of all people. It is a bondage. It is a

harassment. It is a suffering. In his great wisdom he must have known that it is

not good for me to have these anxieties. I told the lady that I should not go

spreading out my palms before my friend. God is great and He knows my state of

affairs, which is to be worked out well. I thank my destiny. I go back with

empty hands. I have received nothing, and I was not even asked if I had need of

anything, though I was treated with the prince’s love and affection as an

honoured guest. Yes, he was

considerate to me. Poverty is a blessing. The rich have their load of sorrow.

Yes, I am blessed. I go.†Once again, he walks back the terrible distance in

the-heat of Saurashtra and Rajasthan, to reach Ujjain, his abode. He was staying

in Avanti, so was today’s Ujjain called then. Having covered the journey back,

he was trying to find the location of his residence, which he could not

visualise. In the place of the old broken cottage, he saw radiance,

magnificence, gorgeous decorations a shining palace, angel-like people waiting

for his arrival. He thought he was mistaken, that he had by chance entered the

capital of a king, and his house lay in some other direction. When he was

passing by, he enquired of a boy, “Could you tell me what is the direction in

which lies the hut of that old man, Sudama?†The boy pointed out, “There it

is,†indicating the palatial structure. A very well-dressed, celestially happy

woman comes and greets him.

“Mother, where is the house of the old man, Sudama? I seem to have missed my

way.†“You do not recognise me? Am I not your beloved consort? Overnight

this has been bequeathed to us by some miracle.†In the place of that little

hut, there was heavenly grandeur.

 

 

 

 

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