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# Bhojaprabandha 80\_239

English (machine translation) 80\_239

- **Language:** English

### [80\_239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.80_239)

"Where are you going from heaven, O herdsman?" / "To the earth, O divine sage!" / "Desiring to bring a bundle of grass for the calf of the wish-granting cow!" / "Now, you foolish one, she has no milk!"  
"Having heard of the lavish gifts of King Bhoja, her udders have dried up from shame." / \[The brahmin\] recited: 'Along with lentils cooked in clarified butter.' \[The two lines forming the first half of a verse were composed, but\] the second half did not appear in his mind.

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