The fruit vendor

One day, a fruit vendor came before the house of Nanda Maharaja.

Upon hearing the vendor call,

“If anyone wants fruits, please come and take them from me!”

Child Krishna immediately took some grains in His palms and went to get fruits in exchange.

In those days exchange was by barter; therefore Krishna might have seen His parents acquire fruits and other things by bartering grain, and so He imitated. But His palms were very small, and He was not very careful to hold the grains tight, so He was dropping them. The vendor who came to sell fruits saw this and was very much captivated by the beauty of the Lord, so she immediately accepted whatever few grains were left in His palms and filled His hands with fruits.

In the meantime, the vendor saw that her whole basket of fruit had become filled with jewels. The Lord is the bestower of all benedictions. If someone gives something to the Lord, he is not the loser; he is the gainer by a million times.

(Krishna Book)

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