Simhasanadvatrimshika 11.p4

11.p4

tato rātrau sa ciraṃjīvī sukheno 'paviṣṭas tān pakṣiṇo 'pṛcchat, rājā 'pi vṛkṣamūle sthitas tadvacanaṃ śṛṇoti: bhoḥ putrāḥ, nānādeśān paryaṭadbhir bhavadbhiḥ kiṃ-kiṃ citraṃ dṛṣṭam? tatrai 'kena pakṣiṇā bhaṇitam: mayā kimapy āścaryaṃ na dṛṣṭam, param adya divase mama cetasi mahad duḥkhaṃ bhavati. ciraṃjīvino 'ktam: tat kathaya, kiṃnimittaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhavati. teno 'ktam: kevalakathanena kiṃ bhaviṣyati? vṛddheno 'ktam: bhoḥ putra, yo duḥkhī, sa suhṛde svaduḥkhaṃ nivedya sukhī bhavati. tathā co 'ktam.

Then at night this Long-lived, being comfortably seated, askt those birds — and the king, seated at the foot of the tree, heard their words: "My sons, what strange things have you seen in wandering over various countries?" Then one bird said: "I have not seen any remarkable thing, but there is a great sorrow in my heart today." Long-lived said: "Then tell us the cause of your grief." Said he: "What will come of merely telling it?" The old bird said: "My son, one who is in sorrow, if he tells his grief to his friend, becomes relieved thereof. And thus it is said: 4. One who tells his grief to a faithful friend, to a virtuous servant, to an obedient wife, or to a friendly-disposed lord, is freed from his sorrow.”