Simhasanadvatrimshika f5.p1

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Many years passed after the burial. King Bhoja obtained the kingdom. While he was ruling, one day a certain brahmin, having turned into a field that place where the throne was buried, sowed sorghum and chickpeas and the like. That field yielded abundant fruit. Then, because the place where the throne was buried was an elevated spot, the brahmin, in order to scare away the birds, built a platform upon it and, sitting on it, kept scaring the birds away. Then one day, King Bhoja, accompanied by all the royal princes, was going near that field to take a ride. Just then, the brahmin standing upon the platform said: “O King, this field has borne fruit; come with your army and eat as much as you wish, and let chickpeas be given to the horses! Today my birth has borne fruit, because you have become my guest. For when will such an opportunity arise?” Hearing this, the king entered into the field with his army. The brahmin, however, climbing down from the platform to scare away the birds perched in a corner of the field, saw the king standing in the middle of the field and said: “O King, why is this unrighteous act being done? This brahmin's field is being ruined by you! If injustice is committed by others, it is reported to you; but if you yourself have set about committing injustice, who indeed will prevent it now? And it is said: