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# Bhojaprabandha 103\_290

English (machine translation) 103\_290

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### [103\_290](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.103_290)

Moreover, O lady, people stricken with hunger who arrive at the occasion of the household Vaiśvadeva rite turn away \[empty-handed\]—that alone torments my heart.  
The burning heat from the fire of poverty has been quieted with the water of contentment; but by what can the internal burn caused by dashing the hopes of petitioners be pacified?"

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