[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Story collections and fables](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories) › [Simhasanadvatrimshika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana) › 11.p2 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 11.p2 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 11.p2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.11.p2) ayaṃ vikramo rājā tathā na bhavati; sarvān pratyarthibhūbhujaḥ svapādapadmāśritān vidhāyā 'jñānatilaṅghanena rājyam akarot. uktaṃ ca: > This King Vikrama was not so; he had all his rival kings reduced under his majestic foot, and ruled without any violation of his commands. And it is said: 2. The only aim of royalty is authority; the only aim of asceticism is a life of chastity; the only aim of learning is knowledge; the only aim of money consists in giving and enjoying it. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.11.1) - [Next: 11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.11.2) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.11) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.11.p5) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.11.p2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.11.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.11.p2) · Pramāṇa