Once there was a man desperately in need of water to quench his thirst.
Seeing a blazing mirage, he mistook it for water and pursued it until he reached the Indus River. Yet, upon arrival, he only stood and looked at the water without drinking.
A bystander asked, "You are suffering from thirst. Now that you have found water, why don't you drink?"
The man replied, "If I could drink up all this water, I would. But since there is more than I can possibly finish, I would rather not drink at all."
When the people around him heard this, they laughed aloud.