00:00Imagine your mother weeping because her hungry child has nothing to drink.
00:04Upamanyu, a young boy seeking an end to poverty, prayed without stopping.
00:08They and night his hands stayed locked toward the sky.
00:11Think about what hunger does to a child who asks for nothing.
00:16Indra, king of the gods, appeared disguised as a sage to test him.
00:20Ask for wealth, Indra said.
00:21I will give you kingdoms.
00:23Upamanyu opened his eyes and refused.
00:26I want only the ocean of milk.
00:28Indra vanished.
00:29The test was passed, but the true lord had not yet come.
00:32Shiva, the ascetic god, finally rose from the forest shadows.
00:36He gave the boy an infinite sea, turning his hunger into an endless feast.
00:41Unyielding devotion moves even the lord of destruction.
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