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reaping the grown crop, she again sowed them. As a result, after four years the stock of paddy grains grew into a big quantity.
During the fifth year, the merchant asked all his daugthers-in-law to return to him the grains. So Ujjika gave five grains of paddy from her granary. Dhanna was displeased with what she had done with the grains. Then he asked her to look after the sweeping, cleaning and other manual work in the householu.
The second, Bhogavati, who had eaten up the grains was asked to dehusk paddy grains, to cook food and wash dishes after the meals were eaten by the family.
The third,' Raxita, returned the grains from the box. Seeing her carefulness in storing, Dhanna asked her to work as a cashier of the house. She was to be in charge of the treasury.
The last, Rohini, returned the grains by cartloads as they had multiplied a great deal by farming. The merchant was pleased with her and began to praise her fore-sight. She was to be the guiding, supervising and controlling member of the family.
Lord Mahavir explained the moral of this story. He asked his pupils to observe the five-fold disciplines in a way that would strengthen them. They were not to follow the ways of other three daughters-in-law, who merely wasted them or put them to no better use.
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