Introspection

Today's Delhi was once called Indraprastha. Indraprastha had a king called Dhananjaya, who was Bodhisattva reborn. Dhananjaya's justice and compassion were widely known. He ruled firmly and wisely, and the people were happy. Nature too helped him; there were no floods or famines during his rule.  
The neighbouring kingdom had a king called Kalinga, whose capital was Dantapur.   He too, was a good ruler; unfortunately, there was famine in that kingdom due to drought, and hunger stalked the land. Many children died in the arms of their mothers. The entire populace was distressed and unhappy. This state of affairs upset King Kalinga so much that he called his ministers and asked them, "What can be the reason for the failure of rains in our land this year? What should we do to get out of the grip of this famine?"
"O King", one said, "When we stay away from the path of righteousness, such calamities occur. For instance, King Dhananjaya of Indraprastha never deviates from the path of virtue.  Hence no calamity has visits his kingdom. It rains there thrice a month, and the people are happy and content".
"Then you must go and meet King Dhananjaya to find out the secret of good governance for the benefit of the people of our land, get him to write down the virtues he has  adopted on leaves of gold, and bring them to me. I, too, shall adopt them and save the country!"
The ministers of Kalinga took leaves of gold and went to Indraprastha where they met King Dhananjaya.
 "O great King! We come from Kalinga where people are dying due to a terrible famine. They are distressed and unhappy, whereas in your kingdom, the people are always happy and content. Is it because you're the incarnation of virtue and righteousness?  Would you be kind enough to write down on these leaves of gold the rules of righteous administration? We shall take them back to our King who hopes to practice the same laws of governance and save our country".