Once upon a time, Lord Krishna and Arjuna went for a short stroll around the city. During their saunter, they saw a poor priest begging for money. Arjuna felt pity towards the priest and gave him a bag of gold coins. The priest was exhilarated. He thanked Arjuna profusely and ran towards his house. On his way, he met a beggar begging for alms but he simply ignored him. As luck would have it, the priest met a robber, who stole his gold coins. The poor priest was dejected and went begging for alms the next day. He met Arjuna and told him his unfortunate story. This time too, Arjuna gave him a diamond. The priest was overjoyed and left for home. Once again, he ignored the beggar on his way back. Upon reaching home, he safely put the diamond in an empty pot and went off to sleep. His wife, who was not at home then, soon returned. She picked up the empty pot, went to the riverside and filled the pot with water. She didn't even notice when the diamond fell out of the pot and went into the river. When the priest woke up, he was surprised to see the pot filled with water and no sign of the diamond.
The priest was dejected but took this loss in his stride and the next day went begging again. He met Arjuna and Lord Krishna. Lord Krishna gave the priest one coin, which was not even enough for buying lunch. Arjuna was surprised, "Lord, how will this coin help the poor priest?" Lord Krishna smiled and said, "Let's follow the priest, you shall understand".
On the way, the priest saw a fisherman who was getting a fish out of his net. He thought that this one coin wouldn't solve any of his problems, and it would be better to save the fish. He gave the fisherman the coin, took the fish and put it in his small pot of water, which he always carried with him. The fish was struggling for breath, it wriggled and spit out a diamond from its mouth! The priest screamed with joy, "I found it, I found it!" At that same time, the thief who had robbed the priest's bag of gold coins was close by. He thought that the priest had recognised him and would get him punished. He returned his bag full of gold coins. The priest just stood there flabbergasted. Arjuna saw all this and said, "Oh Lord, now I understand your play". When you do good to others, it comes back to you multi-fold and in unexpected ways. Life is is hard enough, and doing good can make the world a better place. I wish that you put out good, so that your life is filled with unexpected blessings.
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