Simhasanadvatrimshika 18.p8

18.p8

ity āśīrvādam uktvā bhaṇati: bho yajamāna, ahaṃ bahukuṭumbī brāhmaṇaḥ paraṃ daridraḥ; sarvatra bhikṣāṭanaṃ karomi, tathā 'py udaraṃ na pūrayati. tac chrutvā rājā tasmai kuṇḍaladvayaṃ dattvā bhaṇati: bho brāhmaṇa, etat kuṇḍaladvayaṃ nityaṃ suvarṇabhāram ekaṃ dāsyati. tato 'tisaṃtuṣt.o brāhmaṇo rājānaṃ stutvā nijālayaṃ jagāma. rājā 'py ujjayinīm agāt. imāṃ kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā bhojarājam abravīt: bho rājan, tvayy evam audāryaṃ vidyate cet, tarhy asmin siṃhāsana upaviśa. rājā tūṣṇīṃ babhūva. ity aṣṭādaśopākhyānam

And then he said: "Noble patron, I am a brahman of large family, but a pauper. Always I go a-begging, but in spite of all, it does not fill my belly." Hearing this the king gave him the two rings, and said: "O brahman, this pair of rings will you give a load of gold all the time." Then the brahman went to his own place, much delighted and praising the king. And the king went to Ujjayinī.

Having told this tale the statue said to King Bhoja: "O king, if such magnanimity is found in you, then mount upon this throne." The king was silent.

Here ends the eighteenth story