[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) › 19.p2 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 19.p2 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 19.p2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [19.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.19.p2) vikrameṇo 'ktam: bho rājan, tvaṃ pavitrībhūtāntaḥkaraṇaḥ, tavai 'va janma ślāghyam; sākṣād vaikuṇṭhakaṇṭhīravo nārāyaṇas tava mandiram āyāto 'rthitvena; asmādṛśāḥ ke? balino 'ktam: svāmin, kim āgamanakāraṇam? vikrameṇo 'ktam: bho dānavendra, ahaṃ tvaddarśanārtham eva samāgato 'smi, nā 'nyat kāraṇam. balino 'ktam: yadi mayi maitrīm vidhāya svāminā samāgatam, tarhi mayi kṛpāṃ vidhāya kimapi vastu yācanīyam. vikrameṇo 'ktam: mama kimapi nyūnaṃ nā 'sti; aham api tvatprasādāt sarvārthaiḥ saṃpūrṇo 'smi. balinā bhaṇitam: bhoḥ svāmin, bhavatāṃ nyūnam iti mayo 'cyate kim? maitrīm uddiśya bhaṇitam; yato mitralakṣaṇam evaṃ vadanti. uktaṃ ca: > Vikrama said: "O king, your heart is purified, and your lineage is truly blessed, because the Lion of Vaikuṇṭha, Nārāyaṇa \[Viṣṇu\], came to your house in person with a request. What is such a one as I?" Bali said: "My lord, what was your purpose in coming?" Vikrama said: "O prince of the Dānavas, I came simply to see you; I had no other reason." Bali said: "If my lord has come here disposed towards friendship with me, then do me the kindness of asking some favor of me." Vikrama said: "I am in need of nothing; by your grace I am completely supplied with everything I wish." Bali said: "My lord, did I say that your majesty was in need of anything? What I said was as a sign of friendship. For thus they describe the marks of friendship. And it is said: > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.19.1) - [Next: 19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.19.2) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.19) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.19.p7) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.19.p2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.19.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.19.p2) · Pramāṇa