Bhojaprabandha 26_101

26_101

After this, when the sun had set, seeing Vatsarāja descending from the high palace like an angry Yama, all the courtiers, frightened, went to their respective homes under various pretexts. Then, sending his servants to guard his residence, turning his chariot towards the temple of Bhuvaneśvarī, Vatsarāja sent a servant to summon Prince Bhoja's teacher. He said to the learned man: 'Father, Vatsarāja is calling you.' Hearing this, as if struck by a thunderbolt, as if seized by a ghost, as if gripped by an eclipse-demon, that learned man was brought by the servant holding him by the hand.