Bhojaprabandha 26_107

26_107

Then, as the fire blazed up and the sky grew dim with thick masses of smoke rising from it, and as the orb of the sun sank into the western ocean as if out of dread of the sin, Vatsarāja arrived at the temple of Mahāmāyā and said to Bhoja: 'Prince, god of your servants, because a certain brahmin skilled in astrology predicted your attainment of the kingship, the king ordered your death.'