Bhojaprabandha 76_217

76_217

Then that great man, knowing that they were angered by the gift to the poet Śaṅkara, said: "You must not think that twelve hundred thousand [coins] were given to the poet Śaṅkara. The intention of the king has not at all been understood. For when the worship of Śaṅkara was begun, the poet Śaṅkara was honored with only one hundred thousand [coins]. But, knowing the other eleven manifestations of Rudra-Śaṅkara residing in him and differentiated by his name to be visibly present, one hundred thousand [coins] was given for each of them to that very poet Śaṅkara, who is the manifestation of Śaṅkara—such was the intention of the king." Everyone was astonished by him.