[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) › 18.p8 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 18.p8 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 18.p8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [18.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.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. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne > 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. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne > Here ends the eighteenth story > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.18.7) - [Next: 19.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.19.p1) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.18) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.18.p10) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.18.p8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.18.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.18.p8) · Pramāṇa