[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) › 2.1 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 2.1 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.2.1) aṅgulyagreṇa yaj japtaṃ, yaj japtaṃ merulañghane, vyagracittena yaj japtaṃ, trividhaṃ niṣphalaṃ bhavet. || 1 || > 1. Prayer which is offered with the finger-tips, with the fingers crost, or with thoughts wandering, these three kinds shall be without effect. And so: 2. Not in a stick of wood is God to be found, nor in a stone, nor in a piece of earthenware. For God is found in the heart; therefore the heart is the main thing. Moreover: 3. With regard to a charm, a place of pilgrimage, a brahman, a god, a soothsayer, a remedy, and a preceptor, the success (derived from them) shall be according to one's faith (in them)." The king said: "O goddess, if you are propitiated towards me, then fulfil the desire of this brahman." The goddess said: "O king, your majesty is a benefactor of others, like a mighty tree; you endure hardships with your own person, but avert toil from others. And it is said: 4. Great trees make shade for others, but stand themselves in the heat of the sun; they bear fruit also for others, not for their own profit. And so: 5. For the benefit of others flow the rivers; for the benefit of others cows give milk; for the benefit of others trees bear fruit; for the benefit of others noble men use their powers." Thus praising the king she gave the brahman his wish. Thereupon the king went to his own city. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 2.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.2.p3) - [Next: 2.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.2.p4) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.2) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.2.p6) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.2.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vikramārkacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.2.1) — Nandīśayāgnika, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.2.1) · Pramāṇa