Simhasanadvatrimshika 12.p14

12.p14

tarhi tvayā 'haṃ śāpān mocitā. mama prāṇāḥ śarīrān nirgacchanti; mama navaghaṭaparipūrṇaṃ suvarṇam asti. tad vṛthā yāsyati. tvaṃ tad gṛhāṇe 'ti dhanasthānaṃ rājñe nivedya prāṇān atyajat. rājā 'pi tan navaghaṭaparipūrṇaṃ dhanaṃ purandarāya vaṇije dattvā tena saho 'jjayinīṃ gataḥ. puttalike 'māṃ kathāṃ kathayitvā rājānam abravīt: bho rājan, evaṃvidhaṃ dhairyam audāryaṃ tvayi vidyate cet tarhy asmin siṃhāsana upaviśa. etac chrutvā rājā tūṣṇīṃ babhūva. iti dvādaśākhyānam

Having told this story the statue said to the king: “O king, if such nobility and valor are found in you, then mount upon this throne.” Hearing this the king was silent.

Here ends the twelfth story