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1. Which which effort did I not make! Who who was not en treated (by me)! Where where did I not lower my head ? For (this) belly which is difficult to be filled, what did I not do ! (and) wbat is not proper to be done (for it): 1
Because
संपूरिताऽशेषमहीतलस्य, पयोधरस्याचुतशक्तिमाजः
किं तुम्बपात्रप्रतिपूरणाय मवेत्ययासस्य कणोऽपि नूनम् ? ॥ 1. Sampūritāśéşs - mahitalasyr., payodhara-syädbhuta
Śaktibhájaḥ 1. Kim tumbapătra - pratipūraņāya, bhavétprayāsasya
kaņo'pi nūnam ?
1. Can it really be a smali particle of effort for filling up a gourd-vessel on (the part of) clouds possessing wonderful powers which have completely satisfied all (the desires ) on the surface of the world !
Before whom O Lord ! did I not entreat with an indistinct speech caused by choking of the throat, although he was averse to giving gifts? in which traveller's inns thickly covered with the dust of high ways, did I not. O Veuerable Sire ! very often sojourn? What evil deeds did I not recklessly perpetrate for the filling of my wicked belly! I instantly tried to enter into the jaws of death, and there is not a single acting in this world which I did not perform like an aacomplished actor with the object of acquiring wealth. Becoining afflicted with various diseases caused by constant wandering in distant lands, I unfortunately wasted such a long time, but on my return home, my wife told me that your Worshipful Sire gave valuable gifts for one year, and that you gave away, towns cīties, villages, mines, and treasures of wealth to some, and to others you gave intoxicated elephants. To some others, you gave away excellent horses born in Persia, Berbera, and Sindha; and to numerous persons you gave ornaments of excellent gold, and costly finery.
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