Vidya Lekayunna Vittamu lekunna
Moodhudaina tudaku Moogayaina
Nisthabandhudaina Kastame Kalugunu
Viswadha abhirama Vinura Vema.
Telugu Version :
విద్య లేకున్నా విత్తము లేకున్న,
మూడు డైన తుదకు మూగయైన ,
నిష్ఠ బంధుడైన తుదకు కష్టమే కలుగును
విశ్వదాభిరామ వినురవేమ
Meaning : The universal fact is spoken through this poem. One needs education as well as money to lead a happy life. A Person who is educated and rich can lead a comfortable life despite his foolishness or any physical disabilities. Where as a well mannered and righteous person can never lead a happy and comfortable life without education and money. So Education for living is equally important as the education for life. So one has to be more practical in understanding the materialistic world in order to lead a respectable life.
Story : Sudama the close friend of Krishna neither had education nor money due to his poor financial background. Hence though he was very sincere and honest along with righteousness he led an uncomfortable life filled with poverty. He was unable to feed his family .
How did it happen and why he remained poor?
Krishna and Sudama once went to the forest to gather brushwood. They stayed in forest for long, walking and chatting with each other, while also enjoying the beauty of their environment. It started getting quite late and Krishna got hungry. Sudama, in the meantime, had some beaten rice (atukulu) with him, which was given by Sandipan's wife before they leave and she asked to share the food with Krishna. However, Sudama didn't offer this food to his friend. Krishna kept telling him how hungry he was and asked his friend if he had anything at all to eat. Sudama denied taking along anything to eat. A while later Krishna laid down on Sudama's lap, after which Sudama took the beaten rice and started eating. Lord Krishna though his eyes are closed, he knew what's going on and asked Sudama what was he eating. Sudama said, "nothing, it was due to cold you hear my teeth biting". Then Krishna tells Sudama a story in which there were two friends and one of them ate food without offering to other. When the friend asked what was he eating, he says "what is there to eat, except mud". Then the friend says " Tadhastu ( Let it happen that way)". Krishna adds, the friend in this story is greedy and not as good as you. So it happens to you only if you are greedy too. This explains why Sudama experienced extreme poverty and he gained wealth only after offering Lord Krishna's share of beaten rice. The moral of the story is to offer food to hungry people or animals ( Seeing God in all creatures) around you before you eat.
After they returned to Gurukul, when guru mata asked about the indecent Krishna told that he not even got a single bite, guru mata angrily told sudama that you will be poor for your entire life and this sin will not be cured until you will face this for decades.
Thats why Krishna was help less due to guru Matas words for sudama, and he was not able to help him.when Krsihna and Sudama returned to ashram after the incident, Krishna told him that sudama owe this to Krishna. That he has to return it some day. Sudama spent all of his time and effort in religious efforts befitting a true Brahmin which explained why he was financially not well off. These included teaching religion and moral duties, spreading spirituality through society etc.
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