[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) › 17.p1 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 17.p1 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 17.p1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.17.p1) punar api rājā yāvat siṃhāsana upaviśati, tāvad anyayā puttalikayo 'ktam: bho rājan, asmin siṃhāsana upaveṣtuṃ sa eva kṣamaḥ, yasya vikramasyau 'dāryādiguṇā bhavanti. rājño 'ktam: bhoḥ puttalike, kathaya tasyau 'dāryavṛttāntam. sā bhaṇati: śṛṇu rājan. audāryādiguṇī vikramasadṛśo nā 'sti. tenau 'dāryaguṇena tribhuvane tasya kīrtir vistāraṃ gatā. sarvo 'py arthijanas tam eva rājānaṃ stauti. anyac ca: arthināṃ svastivacanaṃ dātṝṇām eva prītyai bhavati, na tu śūrāṇām. uktaṃ ca: > When the king again was ascending the throne, another statue said: “O king, only he who has the magnanimity and other virtues of Vikrama may mount 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 > There was no one possest of such magnanimity and other virtues as Vikrama. By reason of this magnanimity his fame was spread abroad thruout the three worlds. All petitioners praised only this king. Moreover, the blessings of petitioners are sweet in the ears of generous men, rather than of heroic men. And it is said: 1. The blessings of petitioners (returned for riches granted) are the source of pleasure to generous men, while heroic men are rather pleased by the thunder of the war-drum. Furthermore, heroism, wisdom, religious activities, and such virtues may be the common property of all, but not the virtue of generosity. And it is said: 2. All animals can fight, and parrots and minas can talk; the true hero and the true scholar is he who gives alms. And again: 3. Some are heroes by nature, others are heroes out of compassion; all these are not worth the sixteenth part of a hero in generosity. 4. Liberality is the only virtue worthy of praise; what is the use of the whole mass of other virtues? For it is because of liberality that even beasts, stones, and trees are honored. 5. The virtue of liberality I rate above a hundred (other) virtues; if learning adorns him \[the liberal man\], what can I say (to praise him enough)? Now as for heroism, if that (too) be found in him — homage to him! But when all three are found, and no conceit to boot, a wonder of wonders is that! > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 16.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.16.p5) - [Next: 17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.17.1) - [Up: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.17) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.17.p3) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.17.p1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.17.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.17.p1) · Pramāṇa