The King thought, "Maybe this person is a richer man than I!"

The Lord Mudaliyar Babasiñño and Appusiñño stay in a hut enclosed

with leaves. [218] There are deficiencies of goods for those persons,

for cooking and eating; there are only the small cooking pot (muttiya)

and the large cooking pot (appalla) [as their goods].

On yet a day Appusiñño went running to the royal house. Having said

that the Lord Mudaliyar told him to go and ask for the bushel for

measuring rupees, he asked for it.

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