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In this far country in attendance on a teacher he studied all the sciences, and then set out to return to his own city. On the way he saw a shrine in the middle of the forest; and near this shrine was a fair lake of very pure water, adorned with quantities of lotuses and with many mating pairs of cakravāka birds. In one part of the lake the water was very hot. Seeing all this he sat down there. Then the sun set; and after that in the middle of the night from the midst of the hot water there came forth eight divine women. They went to the temple, and performed the sixteen-fold rites of homage, consisting of invocation and so forth, to the god, and propitiated the god with dancing and song. Thereupon the god became propitiated and gave them a favor. All this Anargala too beheld. And at dawn as they were going away they saw Anargala. And one among them said: "Good sir, come, and we will go to our city." Saying "Very well," he went with her. Then they entered into the hot water; but Anargala was afraid, and did not enter in. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne > He returned to his city, and visited his parents and all his kinsfolk. On the next day he went to see the king, and bowed to the king and seated himself there. The king questioned him eagerly and said: "Anargala, where have you been these many days?" He said: "I left the country to acquire knowledge." The king said: "What were the various strange sights which you saw in foreign parts?" Anargala told the king the story of the heated water. Hearing this the king went with him to that place. And after the sun had set, in the middle of the night those divine women came out of the fair lake from the midst of the hot water, and went into the god's presence, and performed the sixteen-fold rites before the god, and attended him with dancing and song and the like. And in the morning as they returned one divine woman among them saw the king, and said: "Good sir, come, we will go to my city." Hearing this the king went with her. They all entered into the hot water, and went to their own city in the lower world. And the king also dived into the hot water and went with them. Then all the women did homage to him with such rites as the waving of lights \[nīrājana, here = ārātrika\], and said: "Great hero, there is no one so endowed with heroism and courage and such qualities as yourself. Therefore be the overlord of this kingdom, and all we women will wait upon you." The king replied: "I have no use for this kingdom, I have a kingdom already. I came here to behold this marvelous thing." They said: "Great sir, we are pleased; choose a wish." The king said: "Who are your ladyships?" They said: "We are the Great Magic Powers." "Then let the eight Great Magic Powers be given to me." Then the women gave the king eight jewels which were endowed with the eight qualities of minuteness and so forth \[for a list of these, see MR's version, below\]. The king took these jewels; and as he was returning, on the way a certain aged brahman met him, and first recited a blessing: 5. "May the Four-faced One \[Brahmā\], sprung from the lotus-navel of Hari \[Viṣṇu\], the First Reciter of the Vedas, ever protect you!" > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 21.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.21.4) - [Next: 21.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.21.p6) - [Up: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.21) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.21.p5) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.21.p5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.21.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.21.p5) · Pramāṇa