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One day king Brahmadatta was composing a poem After writing the first line, he could not write the second line in the proper meter. Therefore, he declared to offer half of his kingdom to one, who would rhyme the second line in the proper meter.
Then so many bards and poets came to the king's court and tried their luck, but the king did not approve of what they suggested.
After a few days, the king's gardener offered to write the line. His suggestion was liked by the King, who asked him whether it was his own suggestion. Thereupon, the gardener took the king to the garden where a monk (Sadhu) was found in deep meditation. The King soon recognised the sadhu to be no other than Chitra, his former colleague.
The king asked him “Why are you wasting this body? Why should you be a monk?"
Chitra replied that monkhood was not troublesome and hard for him. But the king wanted Chitra with him. So he offered him half of his kingdom for the poem. But the monk refused to accept it and to give up the life of a monk. He considered worldly happiness a dream. On the contrary, he invited the king to become a monk. But the king did not accept the suggestion. There was no meeting ground between them.
Chitra then got the divine light while Sambhuti wallowed in the mire of transient and mundane happiness and riches.
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