[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.p3 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 15.p3 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 15.p3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [15.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.15.p3) vasumitreṇa surāṅganātaptatailavṛttāntaḥ kathitaḥ. rājā 'pi tena saha tat sthānaṃ gatvā tatra snānaṃ vidhāya lakṣmīnārāyaṇaṃ natvā taptatailamadhye papāta. tatas tatratyair janair mahān hāhākāraḥ kṛtaḥ; rājñaḥ śarīraṃ māṃsapiṇḍākāram abhūt. tac chrutvā manmathasaṃjīviny amṛtam ānīya māṃsapiṇḍasyā 'bhiṣekam akarot. tadā rājā divyarūpadharaḥ kumāro jātaḥ. tato manmathasaṃjīvinī yāvad rājñaḥ kaṇṭhe mālām arpayati, tāvad anena bhaṇitā: bho manmathasaṃjīvini, yadi tvaṃ madīyā jātā 'si, tarhi mama vacanam śṛṇu. tayo 'ktam: svāmin, nirūpaya; sarvathā tvadvacanaṃ śroṣyāmi. rājño 'ktam: yadi maduktaṃ kariṣyasi, tarhy amuṃ mama purohitaṃ vṛṇīṣva. tayā 'pi tathā 'stv iti bhaṇitvā purohitakaṇṭhe mālā nikṣiptā. rājā 'pi tayor vivāhaṃ kṛtvā taṃ vasumitraṃ tadrājye 'bhiṣicya nijanagaram agamat. imāṃ kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā rājānam avadat: bho rājan, tvayy evam audāryaṃ dhairyaṃ vidyate cet, tarhy asmin siṃhāsana upaviśa. > And the king too went with him to that place and bathed there, and having made obeisance to Lakṣmī and Nārāyaṇa threw himself into the boiling oil. The people there made loud outcries of grief. The king’s body became like a lump of flesh. Hearing of this Manmathasaṁjīvinī brought nectar and sprinkled it on the lump of flesh, and the king became a young man of god-like beauty. But when Manmathasaṁjīvinī was putting the garland on the neck of the king, he said to her: “Manmathasaṁjīvinī, if you are now mine, then hear my words.” She replied: “My lord, declare your wish; I will obey you in every respect.” The king replied: “If you will do as I say, then choose that house-priest of mine for your consort.” She said: “So be it,” and put the garland on the neck of the house-priest. And when the king had performed their marriage and consecrated Vasumitra in that kingdom, he went to his own city. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne > Having told this tale the statue said to the king: “O king, if such magnanimity and heroism are found in you, then mount upon this throne.” > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 15.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.15.p2) - [Next: 15.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.15.p4) - [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.p7) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.15.p3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.15.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.15.p3) · Pramāṇa