[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c5.108 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.108 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.108 - **Language:** English ### [c5.108](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.108) Hearing this song of lamentation everyday, once his assistant Jīvala asked Bāhuka, whom he was reciting the poem about. Bāhuka replied: "Once there was a man who was a fool. He got a good wife. For some reason they were separated. The fool is still wandering about weary and sad in search of his wife." - [Previous: c5.107](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.107) - [Next: c5.109](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.109) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.108](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.108) · Pramāṇa