[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.p8 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 17.p8 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 17.p8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.17.p8) rājā vikramo 'pi nijanagaraṃ pratyāgataḥ. imāṃ kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā bhojarājam abravīt. bho rājan, tvayy evaṃvidhaḥ paropakāro vidyate cet, tarhy asmin siṃhāsana upaviśa. iti saptadaśopākhyanam > Having told this story the statue said to King Bhoja: “O king, if such readiness to serve others is found in you, then mount upon this throne.” > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne > Here ends the seventeenth story > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 17.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.17.p7) - [Next: 18.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.18.p1) - [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.p7) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.17.p8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.17.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.17.p8) · Pramāṇa