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# Bhojaprabandha 76\_213

English (machine translation) 76\_213

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### [76\_213](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.76_213)

The king asked: "O poet Śaṅkara, what is in the leaf?"  
Poet: "A verse."  
King: "For whose sake?"  
Poet: "O King Bhoja, for your sake alone."  
King: "Then read it."  
Poet: "I read:

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