[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) › 15.p1 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 15.p1 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 15.p1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [15.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.15.p1) punar api rājā yāvat siṃhāsana upaviśati, tāvad anyā puttalikā vadati: bho rājan, yo vikramasadṛśo rājā so 'smin siṃhāsana upaveṣṭuṃ kṣamo nā 'nyaḥ. rājño 'ktam: bhoḥ puttalike, kathaya tasyau 'dāryavṛttāntam. sā kathayati: śṛṇu rājan. vikrame rājyaṃ kurvati sati tasya purohito vasumitraḥ; so 'tyantarūpavān sakalakalākovidaś ca, rājño 'tyantapriyatamaḥ paropakārī sarvalokasyā 'tipriyo mahādhanasaṃpannaś ca. tata ekada tena vicāritam: upārjitānāṃ pāpānāṃ gaṅgāsnānād anyat kṣayakaraṃ nā 'sti. uktaṃ ca: > When the king was again mounting the throne, another statue said: “O king, whatsoever king is like Vikrama, he and no other is worthy to mount upon this throne.” The king said: “O statue, tell me a tale of his magnanimity.” And she said: “Hear, O king. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne > While Vikrama was king, his house-priest was Vasumitra. And he was very handsome, and skilled in all the arts, and very dear to the king; also he was a benefactor of others and beloved of all people, and blest with great riches. One time he reflected: “Except by bathing in the Ganges, there is no other way of destroying the store of evil deeds a man has laid up. And it is said: > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 14.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.14.p12) - [Next: 15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.15.1) - [Up: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.15) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.15.p3) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.15.p1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.15.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.15.p1) · Pramāṇa