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# Simhasanadvatrimshika 10.p6

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 10.p6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [10.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.10.p6)

iti. tarhi mamai 'tac charīraṃ yathā nirāmayam anuṣṭhānayogyaṃ bhavati, tathā kartavyam. tasya brāhmaṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā tasmai tat phalaṃ dadau. tato brāhmaṇaḥ paraṃ saṃtoṣaṃ prāpya nijasthānaṃ gataḥ. rājā 'pi svabhavanaṃ jagāma. iti kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā bhojarājam abravit: bho rājan, tvayy evam audāryaṃ vidyate cet, tarhy asmin siṃhāsana upaviśa. tac chrutvā rājā tūṣṇīṃ sthitaḥ. iti daśamākhyānam

> Having told this story the statue said to King Bhoja: "O king, if such magnanimity is found in you, then mount upon this throne." And hearing this the king was silent.  
> — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne

> Here ends the tenth story  
> — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne

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## Translations (2)

- [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.10.p7) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.10.p6) — English, machine translation

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