A long time, there lived a wealthy farmer named Venugopal in the state of Tamil Nadu. He had multiple farms in not one, but a whopping ten villages! However, none of this land was truly his. He had inherited all of this wealth from his ancestors. Being the lazy fellow that he was, it was rare to see him even inspecting the crops.

One day, Venugopal's wife angrily told her husband that she was not only exhausted from doing the household chores, but also the farm work. In fact, ever since the workers had gone off on a pilgrimage, her workload had increased immensely. Listening to his wife's ranting, Venugopal assured her that he would go the market and hire a servant to aid her.

Saying so, Venugopal began searching and scouring every corner of the market in search of a servant. During his tedious search, he ran into a saint who was just walking into the village. Venugopal approached the noble saint and shared his problem with him. He even expressed his desire to hire a man who would never complain or take a day off, and would always be ready to do the work assigned to him. The saint looked into Venugopal's eyes for a few seconds and replied that the next morning would see a strong man standing at his doorstep. The holy man added that this man would be the true manifestation of the kind of person Venugopal was looking for. Content with this assurance, Venugopal went back home both excited and thrilled.

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