Bhojaprabandha 76_219

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Then a certain royal officer quickly reported the true nature of that learned man to the king. And the king, regarding that great man—who had directly comprehended his intention—as if he were Maheśa himself, went into the royal assembly. And he said to the king: "May there be well-being!" Then the king embraced him, bowed, took his lotus hand with his own lotus hand, went inside the palace, sat down by a lofty lattice window, and said: "O brahmin, what letters have been favored by your name? Or from what land are good people suffering separation from you?" Then the poet wrote upon the king's hand: "Kālidāsa." The king read it and fell at his feet.