Bhojaprabandha 46_149

46_149

Then, after Muñja had departed for the penance grove, King Bhoja, having made Buddhisāgara his chief minister, enjoyed his own kingdom. As time thus passed, the king, going once to his pleasure garden, noticed a certain brahmin residing in the city of Dhārā. And having seen the king, he was walking along with closed eyes when the king asked him: "Brahmin, seeing me, you do not utter 'Svasti' (May you prosper). Moreover, you close your eyes. What is the reason for that?"