Bhojaprabandha 73_204

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Then Govinda Paṇḍita became enraged upon seeing those eminent poets. Understanding the intention of his anger, the second poet said: / 'O beautiful lake beside the road, whose thirst would you not quench, and who would not enter inside you and drink water, if only a crocodile did not dwell within you?' / The king gave him two hundred thousand, and removing that Govinda Paṇḍita from his appointed post, commanded: 'You too may come to the assembly, but do not act wickedly toward anyone.' And having said this, the king gave a hundred thousand each to all of them and returned to his city. All those poets went to their respective places.