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# Ardhakathanak 365

Ardhakathānak 365

- **Language:** Braj Bhāṣā

### [365](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak.365)

nikasī ghauṅghī sāgara mathā. bhaī hīṅga-vāle kī kathā.  
lekhā kiyā rūkha-tala baiṭhi. pūñjī gaī gāṇṛi maĩ paiṭhi. //

> He churned the ocean, but only a small snail emerged—it turned out like the tale of the asafoetida merchant!  
> He settled his accounts sitting under a tree; his capital went straight down the drain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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