提要工作帶來的快樂，是精神的愉悅與成就感，微軟創辦人比爾蓋茲曾說：「我認為關鍵在於你能從你每天的工作中得到樂趣。對我來說，這種樂趣是與非常有魅力的人共事，致力於解決新問題。」

Once upon a time, there lived a king named Rana Chaya. He was a man of high principles and valued hard work and sincerity. The king's favorite proverb was:"work is worship".

One day, king Rana Charya decided to find out whether his subjects followed his ideas or not. So, he called some of his courtiers and said, "Go through the kingdom and find out what jobs the people have undertaken, and whether they are performing their duties sincerely or not. Find the person who knows the secret of hard work, and brings him to me. But no one should know that you have been sent by me."

"As you wish, your Majesty!" said the courtiers and took leave of the king. "We have an important task to perform," said one of the courtiers. "Let's start right away." "But many people know that we are the king's courtiers," said another. "They may identify us."

One of the courtiers, whose name was Raghavan, suggested, "Let's disguise us as tribal men." So, they all dressed up as tribal men, boarded a bullock cart and set out on their way.

First, they saw a woodcutter, who was chopping trees with his big axe. "Let's talk to him," said Raghavan. They halted their bullock cart and walked up to the woodcutter. "Oh woodcutter, do you like your job?" The woodcutter flung his axe aside and said with a grim face, "Not at all! I do it because this work has been passed down to me by my ancestors." Raghavan and his group boarded their bullock cart and proceeded on their path.

Some miles passed, and they came upon a washer man. Raghavan walked up to the washer man. "Hello, dear washer man," he said. "It seems you are enjoying your work!"

The washer man became angry and began to beat the clothes harder. "Is this work enjoyable?" he retorted. "It's a punishment for me. When I was a child, I did not show much interest in studying. I never listened to my parents and never worked hard. So, I could not qualify for a good job. Now my family is dependent on me and I have to do this job to feed them."

Raghavan got back into the cart and they started again. A few miles away, they saw a young woman studying. "What are you doing, young lady?" asked Raghavan. "I am a teacher," replied the young woman. "I am reading this book so that I can teach my students tomorrow. It gives me great satisfaction

to spread my knowledge."

"Do you know the secret of hard work?" asked Raghavan. "Yes!" replied the teacher. "Work is worship! No matter what you do, you must love it and do it sincerely." Raghavan and his group escorted the teacher to the king. When the king heard what the teacher and said, he rewarded her and built a grand school for her students.

Many people took inspiration from this incident, and ever since then hard work and sincerity were deeply valued by the people of the kingdom.

解 說

曾經有一個名叫拉納．卡里亞的國王。他有著崇高原則，非常看重敬業態度與工作誠意。國王最喜歡的諺語是：「工作至高無上」。

有一天，國王想知道他的子民是否遵循他的理想，於是傳喚大臣說：「走訪全國，找出人們都從事什麼樣的工作，以及他們是否兢兢業業地履行自己的職責；找到了解勤奮工作奧祕的人，把他帶到我身邊。」「但不需要讓別人知道，你是我派遣的。」

「如你所願，陛下！」大臣向國王告假， 「我們有重要的任務要執行。」其中一位大臣說，「我們馬上開始吧。」 「但是很多人知道我們是國王的臣僕，」另一個說，「他們可能認出我們。」

一位名叫拉格哈文的侍者大臣建議：「我們喬裝成部落的人。」於是他們都穿上部落民族的服飾，登上牛車，開始走訪全國。

首先，他們看到一個樵夫，他正在用大斧砍樹，「我們問問他。」拉格哈文說，他們停下牛車，走到了樵夫跟前：「樵夫，你喜歡你的工作嗎？」樵夫把他的大斧扔在一邊，一臉嚴肅的說：「完全不喜歡！我做因為這是祖先傳下來的工作。」拉格哈文與夥伴登上牛車，繼續前進。

過了幾英里，他們看到一個洗衣工人。拉格哈文走到洗衣工人身旁，

「你好，親愛的洗衣人。看來你正在享受你的工作！」

洗衣工人變得氣呼呼地，開始搗打衣服愈來愈用力。「這個工作很愉快嗎？」他反駁：「對我來說，這是一個懲罰，我小時候對學習興趣缺缺，我從來沒聽父母的話，從未努力過，所以我得不到好的工作，現在我的家人依賴我，我必須做這個來養活他們。」

拉格哈文坐回牛車，一行人繼續前進。幾英里之後，他們看到一個年輕女性正在努力學習。 「你在做什麼，年輕的小姐？」拉格哈文問。 「我是老師，」年輕人回答，「我正讀著這本書，這樣明天可以教給我的學生，傳播知識讓我非常滿足。」

「你知道工作的奧祕嗎？」拉格哈文問，「知道！」年輕老師回答：「工作至高無上！無論你做什麼，你一定要愛它、真誠地做。」拉格哈文和他的小組於是護送老師到王宮。當聽到老師說的話之後，國王獎勵她，為她的學生修建了一所富麗堂皇的學校。

這個事件鼓舞了許多人，這個國度從此無比重視勤奮、誠意的工作。