228 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 11
favor to the aborigines, would immediately go purchase fruits, bartering
with paddy in His hand as He had seen others do.
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phala-vikrayini tasya
cyuta-dhanya-kara-dvayam
phalair apirayad ratnaih
phala-bhandam apiri ca
phala-vikrayini—the aborigine fruit vendor, who was an elderly
woman; tasya—of Krsna; cyuta-dhdnya—the paddy He brought to
barter having mostly fallen; kara-dvayam—palms of the hands; phalaih
apirayat—the fruit vendor filled His small palms with fruits; ratnaih—
in exchange for jewels and gold; phala-bhandam—the basket of fruit;
apiri ca—filled.
TRANSLATION
While Krsna was going to the fruit vendor very hastily, most of
the grains He was holding fell. Nonetheless, the fruit vendor filled
Krsna’s hands with fruits, and her fruit basket was immediately
filled with jewels and gold.
PURPORT
In Bhagavad-gita (9.26) Krsna says:
patram puspam phalam toyam
yo me bhaktya prayacchati
tad aham bhakty-upahrtam
asnami prayatatmanah
Krsna is so kind that if anyone offers Him a leaf, a fruit, a flower or some
water, He will immediately accept it. The only condition is that these
things should be offered with bhakti (yo me bhaktya prayacchati).
