Simhasanadvatrimshika 21.p7

21.p7

tābhir uktam. bho mahāpuruṣa, vayaṃ prasannāḥ smaḥ, varaṃ vṛṇīṣva. rājño 'ktam: bhavatyaḥ kāḥ? tābhir uktam. vayaṃ mahāsiddhayaḥ. tarhi mahyam aṣṭamahāsiddhayo dātavyāḥ. tato rājñe tāḥ striyo 'ṣṭau ratnāni daduḥ; tāny evā 'ṇimādyaṣṭaguṇayuktāni. rājā tāni ratnāni gṛhītva yāvad āgacchati, tāvan marge kaścid vṛddho brahmaṇaḥ samāgatya.

They said: 'O great man, we are pleased; choose a boon.' The king said: 'Who are you?' They said: 'We are the great supernatural powers.' [The king said:] 'Then the eight great supernatural powers must be given to me.' Then those women gave the king eight jewels; these very [jewels] were endowed with the eight attributes such as becoming infinitesimal. Taking those jewels, just as the king was returning, on the road an old brahmin approached,