Once upon a time, there lived a poor lady in a city. That poor lady had only one cow but she was very clever and simple. In the same city, there was another lady, her neighbor, who was very lavish. She had eight cows. Their income was only by selling milk and it’s by product. The lavish lady always got ghee from the poor lady but she never paid for it. So the poor lady took the case to her Panchayat head. The Panchayat head called both the women and heard both sides of argument.
The poor lady complained that everyday her neighbor gets ghee from her but never paid for it. Her neighbor cornered her by saying “I have eight cows but she has only one cow, then why should I get ghee from her?” After hearing this, the head asked them to go home and come for the hearing the next day. The next morning, the head ordered his servant to make a muddy place and to keep two mugs of water of same size. The ladies were asked to cross the mud and to wash their feet with the water kept aside. First, the poor lady crossed the mud; she washed her feet and left some water in the mug. But her neighbor emptied the full mug and asked for some more water.
After witnessing this incident, the head gave the judgment, he asked the neighbor to give the money she owes from the poor lady. He explained that both have done the same activity, the poor lady has saved some water, but the neighbor has spent lavish without care. "So definitely with one cow she would have saved more ghee than you with eight cows", he told the lavish lady.
Moral: True wealth is not accomplished by possession of property. Prudence and thrift can only make a person king or beggar.
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