विक्रम चरित (उज्जैन सम्राट् विक्रमादित्य - पराक्रम, न्याय एवं ३२ पुतलियों की कथा सटीक)

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but Prince Soomunt would not attend to their request.
The men knew that if they forced the holy man the king
would be displeased with them, and they feared also that
Soomunt would curse them: he looked so grave and threat-
ening that they drew back with a sort of instinctive dread,
and hesitated to use violence. Our Manbhavy, however,
promised to wait there until they had communicated his
reply to their master; one of them, accordingly, went
forward to the king, and acquainted him with the circum-
stances. The king was much pleased with the account he
received of this Manbhavy or mendicant: he thought he
would prove to be some holy man; he therefore bade the
minister go with the attendant, and request him, on the
part of the king, to favor the court with his presence. The
minister accordingly went out to where Soomunt was, and,
approaching the prince, threw himself at his feet, very
earnestly and most cordially inviting him to the anashutre.
Soomunt told him that he had for a long time past refrained
from the use of all delicacies in the shape of food, and that
it was therefore of no use their endeavouring to prevail
upon him to be present at the anashutre. The minister
then desired Soomunt to favour him by waiting there until
he had informed his master of his reply, on which Soomunt
looked displeased at the minister, and said, 'Why should I
wait here while you go and inform your master of what I
have said? He may be a very good and honorable king
to you, but to me the rich and the poor are both alike.
Therefore, I pray you, let me go.' The minister tried all
the means in his power to induce him to remain, and at
last, after having expended almost the whole store of his
arguments, he prevailed upon the Manbhavy to wait until
he had reported the matter to the king. Accordingly, the
minister went to the palace, and told the king all that had
occurred. Malattee listened with much astonishment, and
decided that it would be unworthy of them to allow the
mendicant to depart without entertaining him. As may
well be imagined, Prince Soomunt was her daily thought