Yasovarman first went to the house of Arthavarman. Arthavarman had acquired a lot of wealth in the form of gold, jewels and many other precious things, and all these adorned his beautiful huge house. Arthavarman had earned all this money by his business transactions.
Yasovarman approached this man with great politeness. Arthavarman was pleased with him and welcomed him to his house and invited him to dinner.
As he sat by the side of Arthavarman , the food was served to both of them. Rich food came to Yasovarman’s plate but Arthavarman's plate had dry quantities of food.
Yasovarman looked at the merchant curiously. “Why do you eat so little? And why is your food not rich?”
The merchant sighed. “What I have had today is out of regard for you because even this is too much for me. I cannot even eat this much because I have a very weak digestive system. I cannot digest more than this.”
Yasovarman thought about this and went to sleep in the rich man's house.
That was when he found out that at night Arthavarman had severe colic pain because of what he had eaten and he was even more sick by the morning.
Yasovarman woke up the next day and he thanked the other man for his hospitality and then went to the house of Bhogavarman.
Yasovarman was very polite and found himself invited to Bhogavarman’s house for dinner.
Bogavarman’s house was not as big as Arthavarman's house. He did not have as many rich or expensive dresses and ornaments as Arthavarman, but whatever he had, it was good and he seemed to enjoy wearing it.
After Bhogavarman called Vasovarman, one of Bhogavarman’s friends Icchabarana also came there and he also joined them for dinner.
All of them had a very rich and enjoyable dinner and slept very peacefully.
At night Yashovarman understood the question of Goddess Durga and realized what he wanted in his life.
He went back to the Goddess and asked for the good fortune of enjoyment.
The Goddess was very pleased and since that day Yasovarman always had enough for his needs and he enjoyed whatever he had in his life.
Adapted from the Katha Sarith Sagara
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