It was the Dwapara Yuga.
One day, Krishna and Arjuna came across a poor Brahmin. His clothes were worn, his eyes tired from hunger and helplessness. Moved by compassion, Arjuna gave him a bag filled with gold coins.
Overwhelmed with joy, the Brahmin walked home clutching his newfound fortune. But fate intervened. On the way, a thief robbed him of everything. With no other option, he returned to begging on the streets.
Days later, Krishna and Arjuna saw him again — still begging.
Surprised, Arjuna asked what had happened. Hearing the story, he felt pity once more. This time, he gave the Brahmin a precious diamond.
The Brahmin carried it home carefully and hid it inside a pot kept in the corner of his room. Relieved, he slept peacefully that night.
Morning came with another cruel twist.
His wife had taken the pot to the river to fetch water. While bending it into the flowing stream, the diamond slipped out and vanished into the current.
Once again, everything was lost.
Heartbroken and defeated, the Brahmin returned to begging.
When Krishna and Arjuna saw him yet again, Arjuna sighed.
“Krishna, helping him is useless. He seems destined for misfortune.”
Krishna smiled gently.
“No, Arjuna. Let us see what happens this time.”
He handed the Brahmin just two gold coins.
The Brahmin felt disheartened.
“A bag of gold didn’t stay. A priceless diamond didn’t stay. How will these two coins change my fate?” he thought as he walked home.
On the way, he saw a fisherman’s net by the riverbank. A fish was trapped inside, struggling desperately for life.
Something stirred within him.
“These two coins may not change my destiny,” he thought, “but perhaps they can save this helpless creature.”
Without hesitation, he gave the fisherman the coins and freed the fish. He carried it home and placed it in a pot of water.
Soon, his wife noticed something unusual.
“There’s something stuck in its mouth,” she said.
They carefully removed it.
It was the very diamond they had lost in the river.
Overwhelmed with joy, the Brahmin shouted, “I found it! I found what was lost!”
At that very moment, the thief who had earlier stolen the bag of gold happened to enter the house. Hearing the Brahmin’s excited cries, he panicked.
“He has recognized me,” the thief thought. “That’s why he is shouting that what was his has returned.”
Trembling with fear, the thief fell at the Brahmin’s feet.
“Here, take back your bag of gold. Please don’t hand me over to the guards.”
The couple stood stunned.
What was lost had returned — both the diamond and the gold.
Filled with gratitude, the Brahmin rushed to Krishna and Arjuna.
Arjuna turned to Krishna in amazement.
“I gave him gold. I gave him a diamond. His fortune did not change. But you gave only two coins, and his life transformed. How?”
Krishna smiled — the smile of the Jagadguru.
“When he had gold and a diamond,” Krishna said softly, “he thought only about himself and his needs. But when he had just two coins, he thought about another being’s pain. He shared his little wealth with someone in greater need.”
“That act was divine. He did what even God would do — he shared another’s suffering.”
“And so,” Krishna concluded, “I shared his.”
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