Lord Narayana is generous, when it comes to rewarding His
devotees. No one else can equal His generosity. Indra and other
celestial beings will be careful not to yield much to us. The
story of Yayati shows this, explained Valayapet Ramachariar, in
a discourse.  Yayati was a generous king, who, as a result of
his good deeds, reached the abode of the celestial beings upon
his death. He sat on a throne which equalled Indra’s. Indra did
not relish this and wanted to get rid of Yayati. But he could
not dismiss Yayati from their world because of the good deeds he
had performed.  So Indra decided to trick him into saying
something that would get rid of the effects of his good deeds.
He asked Yayati who had been the most generous one on earth. The
honest answer to that would have been ‘Yayati.’ But for Yayati
to describe himself as the most generous one on earth would
amount to self-praise, which is a sin. So Yayati could not say
this.  But if Yayati were to say that someone else was the most
generous person, he woul