Bhojaprabandha 80_231

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Then, pleased, King Bhoja gave a hundred thousand [coins] for every syllable.
After that, knowing Kālidāsa to be a frequenter of courtesans, everyone began to hate him. No one would even touch him. Once, seeing Kālidāsa in the midst of the assembly, Bhoja began to deliberate in his mind: "Why is there the torment of passion even in such an eminent scholar?" Kālidāsa, understanding his intention, said: