India, Oct. 14 -- Contentment is not having a great deal; it is knowing when we have enough.

In Kalidasa's Raghuvamsa, a young scholar named Kautsa finished his studies and insisted that his teacher accept a fee. The teacher, irritated by his insistence, demanded fourteen crore gold coins, one crore for each branch of learning. Kautsa went to King Raghu, who had just given away all his wealth in a great sacrifice and was left eating from earthen vessels. Though his treasury was empty, Raghu considered it a greater shame to send a scholar away disappointed. He asked Kautsa to wait three days and prepared to obtain the gold from Kubera, the lord of wealth.

Before he could set out, gold coins are said to have rained down upon his treasury....