Simhasanadvatrimshika 18.p7

18.p7

ity evam anekaiḥ stotraiḥ stutvā namaścakāra. tataḥ sūryas tam amṛtenā 'siñcat; tato rājā divyaśarīro jātaḥ. rājā 'vadat: dhanyo 'ham asmi. sūryeṇo 'ktam: bho rājan, tvaṃ mahāsattvādhiko 'si; etan maṇḍalaṃ kasyāpy agamyaṃ tvaṃ prāpto 'si. tarhy ahaṃ prasanno 'smi, varaṃ vṛṇīṣva. rājño 'ktam: bho deva, kim ataḥ param adhiko varo 'sti? yan mahāmunīnām apy agamyaṃ tava sthānam, yad ahaṃ prāptaḥ. tava prasādān mama sarvam apy arthajātam asti. tadvacanenā 'tisaṃtuṣṭaḥ sūryo navaratnakhacite svakīyakuṇḍale dattvā bhaṇati: bho rājan, etat kuṇḍaladvayaṃ pratidinam ekaṃ suvarṇabhāraṃ prayacchati. tato rājā kuṇḍaladvayaṃ gṛhītvā punaḥ sūryaṃ namaskṛtya tasmād uttīrṇo yāvad ujjayinīm āgacchati, tāvat kaścid brāhmaṇo mārge samāgatya:

—having praised him with many such hymns, he bowed down. Then the sun sprinkled him with nectar; thereupon the king acquired a celestial body. The king said: "I am blessed." The sun said: "O king, you are exceedingly brave; you have reached this orb, which is unapproachable to anyone. Therefore, I am pleased; choose a boon." The king said: "O Lord, is there any boon higher than this: that I have reached your place, which is unapproachable even to great sages? By your favor, every desire of mine is fulfilled." Greatly delighted by his words, the sun gave him his own two earrings studded with the nine gems and said: "O king, these two earrings give one bhāra of gold every day." Then the king, having taken the pair of earrings, bowed again to the sun, descended from there, and as he was returning to Ujjayinī, a certain brahmin approached him on the road and,