This is the story of a highly fortunate king named Ambarisha. He had inherited from his father the rule of the whole world including all the seven continents and an inexhaustible amount of wealth and power. Undoubtedly these are all precious things difficult for an ordinary human being to obtain. For Ambarisha however, all of it was unreal like a dream. He understood the perishability of wealth and knew that it ultimately leads man to darkness. He could realize all this because he was a devotee of Lord Krishna and His bhaktas. For one who has attained to such devotion, the whole world and its wealth is nothing but equivalent to a piece of stone.
