[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) › 20.8 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 20.8 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 20.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.20.8) duradhigamaḥ parabhāgo yāvat puruṣeṇa pauruṣaṃ na kṛtam; harati tulām adhirūḍho bhāsvān iva jaladapaṭalāni. || 8 || > So the sun subdues the cloud-masses only when it has been exposed to hazard \[literally, ‘mounted upon the balance;’ that is, when it has entered the constellation Libra, which the sun enters at the end of the rainy season\].” Hearing the king’s words they said: “Great hero, tell us then what we must do.” The king said: “If you go to a distance of twelve leagues from this city, in the midst of the jungle there is a certain rugged mountain. Upon this mountain is a great ascetic named Trikālanātha \[‘Lord of the Three Times,’ present, past, and future\]. If one visits him, he will give everything desired. I am going there.” They said: “We will go too.” The king said: “Come, and welcome.” So they started out with the king. But when they saw the dense jungle and the very rough road, they said to the king: “Great hero, how far is it to the mountain?” The king answered: “It is eight leagues from here.” And they said: “Then we are going (back); the distance is great, and the road is very rough.” The king said: “Strangers, what is distance for the strenuous? And it is said: 9. What is an excessive load for the strong? What is distance for the strenuous? What country is foreign to the learned? Who is an enemy to those who speak kindly?” > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.20.7) - [Next: 20.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.20.p7) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.20) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.20.p4.3) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.20.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Textus simplicior](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra*simplicior.5.33) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.20.8) · Pramāṇa