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Besides, Your Majesty:

Why does this poor beggar need an eye?

To see the prosperity of others?

Just give him some money, Your Majesty,

and stop acting recklessly.”

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Addressing his ministers with courteous and gentle words, the king then replied:

“Those who decide not to give

when they have said they’ll give,

place their neck in the noose of greed

after releasing themselves from it.

Who could be more wicked

than those who promise to give

but change their mind,

their resolve unsteadied by stinginess?

There is no acquittal for a person

who strengthens the hopes of beggars

by promising they’ll give

and then cruelly breaks their word.

And as for your question as to why divine power alone cannot produce his eye, listen:

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Endeavors are clearly accomplished

by a variety of factors.

Likewise even fate, though divine,

must rely on different means.