[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) › 22.p3 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 22.p3 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 22.p3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [22.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.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. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne > Here ends the twenty-second story > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 22.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.22.p2) - [Next: 23.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.23.p1) - [Up: 22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.22) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.22.p10) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.22.p3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.22.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.22.p3) · Pramāṇa