The beggar comes to the house and calls out, ‘Bhavati Bhiksham Dehi (please give me alms.)’ He cautions, ‘Oh! Master and the mistress of the house, in my previous birth I had not given alms to beggars as a result I am standing at your doorstep today begging for alms. Do not commit the same mistake. I am a beggar for three births. In my previous birth, I never doled out alms to beggars. In this birth, being myself dependent on others, I am unable to give anything in charity, and as a result I will again be a beggar in my next birth. Beware!’ (SSS Vol.31, p. 404)