[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) › 12.p1 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 12.p1 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 12.p1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.p1) punar api rājā siṃhāsanam āroḍhuṃ yāvad āgatas tāvad anyayā puttalikayā bhaṇitam: bho rājan, etad vikramasya siṃhāsanam. tasya vikramasyau 'dāryādiguṇā yasya bhavanti, so 'smin siṃhāsana upaviśatu. bhojeno 'ktam: kathaya tasyau 'dāryādivṛttāntam. puttalikā 'vadat: śrūyatāṃ rājan. vikramārke rājyaṃ kurvati sati tasya nagare bhadraseno nāma vanig āsit. tasya putraḥ purandaraḥ. tasya bhadrasenasya saṃpadām iyattā nā 'sti, paraṃ vyayaśīlo na bhavati. tataḥ kāle gacchati bhadraseno mṛtaḥ, purandaro 'pi pituḥ sarvasvaṃ prāpya kālocitatyāgaṃ kartum upakrāntavān. ekadā tasya priyamitreṇa dhanadena bhaṇitam. bhoḥ purandara, tvaṃ vaṇikputro bhūtvā 'pi mahākṣatriyakumāra iva dhanavyayaṃ karoṣi. etad vaṇikkulasaṃbhavasya lakṣaṇaṃ na bhavati. vaṇikputreṇai 'kākinā 'pi saṃgrahaḥ kartavyaḥ, varāṭikāyā api vyayo na karaṇiyaḥ. upārjitaṃ dravyam ekadā kasyāṃcid āpadi puruṣasyo 'payogaṃ vrajati; ato buddhimatā 'padarthaṃ dhanasaṃgrahaḥ kartavyaḥ. uktaṃ ca: > When the king again approacht the throne to mount upon it, another statue said: "O king, this is Vikrama's throne. Whoever is possest of the nobility and other virtues of this Vikrama, let him mount upon this throne." And Bhoja said: "Tell me a tale of his nobility and other virtues." And the statue said: "Hearken, O king. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne > In the reign of Vikramārka there was in his city a merchant named Bhadrasena, who had a son Purandara. And there was no end to the wealth of this Bhadrasena; yet was he not a squanderer. Now in the course of time Bhadrasena died, and Purandara inherited all his father's property, and began to waste it extravagantly as is customary at his time of life. Once upon a time his close friend Dhanada said to him: "Purandara, altho you are of a mercantile family, you waste your money like a scion of the high nobility. This is not a mark of one sprung from a merchant's house. A merchant's son, even tho quite alone, should amass wealth, and should not waste so much as a cowry \[a shell used as money\]. The goods a man acquires will some day be of service to him, when some calamity occurs. So a prudent man should save up wealth against the coming of calamity. And it is said: > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 11.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.11.p15) - [Next: 12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.1) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.12.p3) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.12.p1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.p1) · Pramāṇa