[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Story collections and fables](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories) › [Bhojaprabandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt) › 30\_116 # Bhojaprabandha 30\_116 English (machine translation) 30\_116 - **Language:** English ### [30\_116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.30_116) 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.’ - [Previous: 30\_115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.30_115) - [Next: 30\_117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.30_117) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.30_116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.30_116) · Pramāṇa