[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Story collections and fables](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories) › [Bhojaprabandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt) › 80\_231 # Bhojaprabandha 80\_231 English (machine translation) 80\_231 - **Language:** English ### [80\_231](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.80_231) 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: - [Previous: 80\_230](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.80_230) - [Next: 80\_232](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.80_232) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.80_231](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.80_231) · Pramāṇa