Meeting of Lord Krṣṇa with Sudāmā Brāhmaṇa
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he and his wife appeared to be very thin. The wife was not very anxious for her personal comfort, but she felt very concerned for her husband, who was such a pious  brāhmaṇa . She was trembling due to her weak health, and although she did not like to dictate to her husband, she spoke as follows:
“My dear lord, I know that Lord Krṣṇa, who is the husband of the goddess of fortune, is your personal friend. You are also a devotee of Lord Krṣṇa, and He is always ready to help His devotee. Even if you think that you are not rendering any devotional service to the Lord, still you are surrendered to Him, and the Lord is the protector of the surrendered soul. Moreover, I know that Lord Krṣṇa is the ideal personality of Vedic culture. He is always in favor of brahminical culture and is very kind to the qualified  brāhmaṇas . You are the most fortunate person because you have as your friend the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord Krṣṇa is the only shelter for personalities like you because you are fully surrendered unto Him. You are saintly, learned and fully in control of your senses. Under the circumstances, Lord Krṣṇa is your only shelter. Please, therefore, go to Him. I am sure that He will immediately understand your impoverished position. You are also a householder; therefore without any money you are in a distressed condition. But as soon as He understands your position, He will certainly give you sufficient riches so that you can live very comfortably. Lord Krṣṇa is now the King of the Bhoja, Vrṣṇi and Andhaka dynasties, and I have heard that He never leaves His capital city, Dvārakā. He is living there without outside engagements. He is so kind and liberal that He immediately gives everything, even His personal self, to any person who surrenders unto Him. When He is prepared to give Himself personally to His devotee, then there is nothing wonderful in giving some material riches. Of course, He does not give much material wealth to His devotee if the devotee is not very fixed, but I think in your case He knows perfectly well how much you are fixed in devotional service. Therefore He will not hesitate to award you some material benefit for the bare necessities of life.”
In this way, the wife of the  brāhmaṇa  again and again requested, in great humility and submission, that he go to Lord Krṣṇa. The  brāhmaṇa  thought that there was no need to ask any material benefit from Lord Śrī Krṣṇa, but he was induced by the repeated requests of his wife. Moreover, he thought, “If I go there I shall be able to see the Lord personally. That will be a great opportunity, even if I don’t ask any material benefit from Him.” When he had decided to go to Krṣṇa, he asked his wife if she had anything in the home that he could offer to Krṣṇa, because he must take