What does happiness depend on?

Several hundred years ago, a king was ruling the country with great power and wealth. He got everything in his country, rich farmlands, and commodities like gold, silver, diamonds, and also high-quality goods like silk.

His country was unrivalled in food grains, and he defeated the enemy with so great an army that the king was said to have no enemies. Everything was there but he didn't get happiness so he discussed with many people how to get happiness and how to get it.

 He visited many countries and won many wars. He brought all the riches there and improved his prosperity but he was not happy. Then he had a doubt and wanted to know who is the happiest person in this country.

 Immediately he called the spies and found out who was the most cheerful person in this country and brought him and placed him before me. The spies roamed the land looking for the happiest person.

They looked around many towns and stayed in many villages and all the spies searched patiently. Finally one evening the spies staying in a small village heard a man singing happily.

The spies went and began to listen to him without knowing what he was talking about. He was taking a bath in front of the door of his house. He was taking a bath in front of the house dancing and singing saying I am very happy, God I am very happy, I am the happiest man in this world.

 The spies then took him to the palace and placed him in front of the king as if he were the happiest man in the world. The king came and saw him curiously and was shocked.

The king asked why he was not even wearing a shirt. And he said, King, I don't have enough money to buy a shirt, so I won't wear a shirt. The person who said he was happy in this world didn't even have a shirt and then the king realized that happiness depends on him and not on the wealth we have.