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dui upavase kaila randhana-bhojane

raja-mantri sanatana vicarila mane

SYNONYMS

dui upa vase—fasting for two days; kaila—performed; randhana-bhojane—cooking and eating; raja-mantri—the former minister of the Nawab; sanatana—Sanatana; vicarila—considered; mane—in the mind.

Because Sanatana had been fasting for two days, he cooked the food and ate it.

However, having formerly been a minister of the Nawab, he began to contemplate the situation.