[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.p4 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 11.p4 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 11.p4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.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.” > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.11.3) - [Next: 11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.11.4) - [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.p7) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.11.p4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.11.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.11.p4) · Pramāṇa