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One poor boy was a student in a school, and the teacher's annual ceremony of father's death was to be held. So he requested all of his students "What will you bring me for a contribution?" The teacher was not getting any salary, but whatever he wanted, the students would obtain either from parent's, house, or by begging. That was the system. The teacher would not charge anything. Generally the brahmanas were teachers. So somebody said, "I will give cloth." Somebody else said, "I will give rice." But there was one poor student who had no means, and when he was asked he replied, "I cannot say anything without asking my mother." "All right," the teacher said. "You ask your mother and tell me tomorrow." So he asked, "My dear mother, all my classfriends have promised the teacher various contributions. What shall I promise?" His mother said, "My dear son, we are so poor, we cannot give anything. But God is Dina Bandhu, the friend of the poor. If he gives you something, then you can promise." "Where is he?" the boy asked. "Well, I understand he is in the forest," said his mother. So the boy went to the forest and began to call, "Dina Bandhu brother! Dina Bandhu brother! Where are you?" And then Krsna arrived and said, "Why are you calling?" The boy explained the situation and said, "What should I promise?" So Krsna said, "You promise that you will supply yoghurt." The boy was very much satisfied, and he went to the teacher and said, "My Dina Bandhu brother will supply yoghurt." "Oh, that's nice," said the teacher. "Very good." So on the day of the ceremony, he went to the forest and called, "Dina Bandhu brother! Dina Bandhu brother! Where are you?" So Krsna came, and He gave him a small pot of yoghurt. He was just a child, he did not know, but when he brought it to the teacher and said, "This is my contribution. My Dina Bandhu brother has given, so you take." The teacher became very angry. He said, "What? So many hundreds and thousands of people will be given foodstuffs, and you are giving this much yoghurt?" He became angry, he did not care, and the pot fell on the ground and the yoghurt spilled. But after some time, when he came, he saw that the yoghurt had spilled out but the pot was full. Then he picked it up and dropped it, it was still full. And after performing the same experiment several times, he realized it was spiritual. MORAL: Om purnam adah purnam idam. Even though Krsna is spread throughout many bodies as Paramatma, he is still the complete whole Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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