Dhammapada 2.2.p2

2.2.p2

Atha naṃ daharakāle gantvā parūḷhakesamassukāle āgatattā na koci sañjāni. So mātāpitūhi dinnasaññāvasena dhanaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā dhanassa arogabhāvaṃ ñatvā cintesi – ‘‘maṃ na koci sañjānāti, sacāhaṃ dhanaṃ uddharitvā valañjissāmi, ‘ekena duggatena nidhi uddhaṭo’ti maṃ gahetvā viheṭheyyuṃ, yaṃnūnāhaṃ bhatiṃ katvā jīveyya’’nti. Athekaṃ pilotikaṃ nivāsetvā, ‘‘atthi koci bhatakena atthiko’’ti pucchanto bhatakavīthiṃ pāpuṇi. Atha naṃ bhatakā disvā, ‘‘sace amhākaṃ ekaṃ kammaṃ karissasi, bhattavetanaṃ te dassāmā’’ti āhaṃsu. ‘‘Kiṃ kammaṃ nāmā’’ti? ‘‘Pabodhanacodanakammaṃ. Sace ussahasi, pātova uṭṭhāya ‘tātā, uṭṭhahatha, sakaṭāni sannayhatha, goṇe yojetha, hatthiassānaṃ tiṇatthāya gamanavelā; ammā, tumhepi uṭṭhahatha, yāguṃ pacatha, bhattaṃ pacathā’ti vicaritvā ārocehī’’ti. So ‘‘sādhū’’ti sampaṭicchi. Athassa vasanatthāya ekaṃ gharaṃ adaṃsu. So devasikaṃ taṃ kammaṃ akāsi.

Now since he was a mere boy when he went away, and when he returned his hair and beard had grown long, no one recognized him. A sign which his mother and father had given him enabled him to find the place where the treasure had been buried, and going there he discovered that the treasure had not been disturbed. But he thought to himself, “No one knows me here, and if I dig up this treasure and begin to spend it, they will say, ‘A treasure has been dug up by a certain poor man,’ and will seize me and subject me to annoyance. Suppose I were to work for hire and thus gain a living.” So he dressed himself in rags and went through the servants’ quarters, inquiring, “Is there anyone who has need of a servant?”

When the servants saw him, they said, “If you will do a certain piece of work for us, we will pay you for it in rice.” “What kind of work is it, friends?” “To order and direct our work. You will be obliged to get up early in the morning and go the rounds of the workers and give orders to them, saying, ‘Men, get up and bring out the carts and yoke the oxen; it is time for the elephants and horses to go to pasture. Women, you also get up and cook broth and rice.’ ” “Very well,” said the rich man, accepting the task. So they gave him a house to live in, and he did his work faithfully every day.