"Nonsense! Know you not that proverb of great fame
'There's nothing in name, rose smells sweet by any name.' ''
"No, to retrieve the loss ant! undo the done, Mr. Srihari,
You must perform another to counter it and be merry."
"So to say, I must stay here and spend a hundred
Is that the import of your words to keep me in dread."
"No! No! Mr. Srihari My 7sastras will do that without you
For doing 'in absentia', double the fee must come from you.'
"What a bad day panditji, take this fifty and leave me
Now that it's too late, I'm going, don't bother me."
"Give that and be sure to get 8prasad by next post
In token of god's blessing and to please grandpa most."
7. Science...
8. Food presented to gods and distributed.
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