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# Ardhakathanak 393

Ardhakathānak 393

- **Language:** Braj Bhāṣā

### [393](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak.393)

caupaī  
taba Banārasī karai bicāra. bhalā jabāhara kā byāpāra.  
hue pauna dūnẽ isa mā̃hi. aba sau bastra kharīdahi nā̃hĩ. //

> caupāī  
> Then Banārasīdās reflected: / "Jewellery is a good trade!  
> Nearly double has come from this; / from now on, I will buy no clothes."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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