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God offers you in return manifold what you offer to Him. This is what told his wife. He went to to ask for many material gifts. But on seeing the Divine face of , he forgot all his desires. On his return to his native village he found that big mansions had sprung up at the spot of his old dwelling. 's wife came out, finely dressed and wearing many ornaments, and greeted her husband with the remark: "Lord, see what wonderful things has given to you?" looked at everything and said: "I did not ask for anything. I did not speak to him about our domestic situation. Is it necessary for me to say anything to the omnipresent, all knowing Lord?" then described in detail to his wife how had received him in His palace and how He hugged to His bosom and showered His love on him. "How can I describe His loving kindness? Is there anyone like him who can confer all prosperity on one after receiving fistful of parched rice? He is Love incarnate and Love is He." ( recited a Thelugu poem). Today the devotee behaves differently towards God. He goes with a mountain of desires to the temple and offers a small coconut. This is not what you should offer to God. What you should offer is a pure, unsullied heart. If you offer little, God gives you much in return. This means that some kind of offering should be made to God. offered a grain of rice to with devotion and , in return, appeased the hunger of thousands of 's disciples. God needs nothing for Himself. Whatever you offer is for your own sake.