Bhojaprabandha 87_282

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In this manner, as some time gradually passed, the eminent scholar Bāṇa was suffering poverty due to the deeds of his past life, even though he was highly honored by the king. In such a situation, the king once, wandering alone at night in disguise through his city, arrived at Bāṇa's house and stopped. Just then, in the night, Bāṇa, distressed due to poverty, said to his wife: "How many times has the king fulfilled my desire! Even today, if requested again, he gives indeed. But in remaining continuously engaged in begging, a fool's tongue becomes numb." Having said this, he sat silently for half a muhūrta.