Bhojaprabandha 30_116

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Then, taking a leaf from a banyan tree and fashioning one into a cup, he pierced his thigh with a knife, placed blood into that cup, and having written a verse upon the other leaf with a blade of grass, said to Vatsarāja: ‘Noble sir, this leaf is to be given to the king. You too must carry out the king’s order.’
Having said this, Bhoja took two leaves of a banyan tree, made a cup out of one, cut his thigh with a knife to draw blood, placed it into the cup, and having written a verse with the blood on the second leaf using a blade of grass, said to Vatsarāja: ‘Noble sir, give this leaf to the king, and carry out the king’s command.’