Simhasanadvatrimshika 22.p3

22.p3

atra dvātiṃśallakṣaṇayuktapuruṣasya raktasecanaṃ vinā biladvāraṃ no 'dghaṭyate. etad devatāvacanaṃ śrutvā rājā vivaradvāraṃ gatvā yāvat kaṇṭhe khaḍgaṃ nikṣipati, tāvad devatayo 'ktam: bho rājan, tavā 'haṃ prasannā 'smi, varaṃ vṛṇīṣva. rājño 'ktam: bho devi, yadi prasannā 'si, tarhy asya brāhmaṇasya rasaṃ prayaccha. devatā 'pi tathā 'stv ity uktvā biladvāram udghāṭya brāhmaṇasya rasaṃ dadau. so 'pi brāhmaṇo rājānaṃ stutvā nijasthānaṃ jagāma. rājā 'pi nijanagaram agamat. imāṃ kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā rājānam avadat: bho rājan, tvayy evaṃ dhairyam audāryaṃ vidyate yadi, tarhy asmin siṃhāsana upaviśa. rājā tūṣṇīm āsīt. iti dvāviṃśopākhyānam

Having told this tale the statue said to the king: "O king, if such fortitude and magnanimity are found in you, then mount upon this throne." And the king was silent.

Here ends the twenty-second story