Ardhakathanak 264

264

tisa dina saũ pūjā na suhāi. Siva-saṅkholī dharī uṭhāi.
eka divasa mitranha ke sātha. naukr̥ta pothī līnī hātha. //

From that day on, worship did not please him, and he put away the box of Śiva images.
One day, in the company of his friends, he took his newly composed book in his hands.