Bhojaprabandha 23

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[Hindi commentary:] Then the king related the whole affair that had happened in the morning assembly. Hearing it, he (the king of Baṅga), laughing, began to say:
Bhojaprabandha
,
Rāma was king of the three worlds and Vasiṣṭha was the son of Brahmā; he indeed stated the auspicious moment on the occasion of Rāma's royal consecration.
As a result of that calculation of the auspicious moment, Rāma, deprived of his land, reached the forest, Sītā's abduction took place, and the word of the son of Virañci (Brahmā) proved false. O best of kings, who is this ignorant person, concerned only with filling his belly, who has appeared, by whose word you wish to kill the prince, who is like Kāmadeva?
Moreover:
'What indeed would happen to me if I do this? What would happen to me if I do not do it?' / Reflecting thus in his mind, a wise man should act or not act. .. 23 .."