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प्रश्न
Why the king changed his clothes and left behind his bodyguards and horse before meeting the hermit?
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उत्तर
The king was aware that the hermit would meet only simple people. So, he dressed up like an ordinary man, left behind his horse and bodyguards and went to meet the hermit in his hut in the woods all alone.
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