Simhasanadvatrimshika 23.p9

23.p9

kiṃ bahunā? bho rājan, ayaṃ duḥsvapnaḥ; tavā 'niṣṭakārī. rājño 'ktam: bho brāhmaṇa, asya duḥsvapnasyo 'paśamanārthaṃ kiṃ karaṇīyam? sarvajñabhaṭṭeno 'ktam: bho rājan, tvaṃ savastrālaṅkaraṇaḥ sann ājyāvekṣanaṃ kṛtvā tad vastrādikam brāhmanāya dehi; punar navavastraṃ paridhāya devasyā 'bhiṣekaṃ kārayitvā navaratnaiḥ pūjāṃ vidhāya brāhmaṇebhyo daśa dānāni dehi, paṅgvandhānāthādinām bhūridānaṃ dehi. anenā 'nuṣṭhānena brāhmaṇāśīrvādena ca duḥsvapnajātāriṣṭaphalaṃ nāśaṃ yāsyati. rājā 'py etat sarvajñabhaṭṭavacanaṃ śrutvā yathoktam anuṣṭhāya bhūridānārthaṃ dinatrayaṃ bhāṇḍāgāraṃ vimuktavān. tato yasya yāvatā dhanena tṛptir bhavati, tena tāvad dhanaṃ nītam. iti kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā rājānam avadat: bho rājan, tvayy evam audāryaṃ vidyate cet, tarhy asmin siṃhāsana upaviśa. rājā tūṣṇīm āsīt. iti trayoviṃśopākhyānam

In short, this is an evil dream, O king, and bodes ill for you.” The king said: “O brahman, what can be done to stop the fulfilment of this evil dream?” Sarvajña Bhaṭṭa said: “O king, put on all your garments and ornaments, and when you have attended to the ghee-offering, then give garments and other gifts to the (officiating) brahman; and again put on new garments and cause the coronation-rite to be performed for the god, and do homage to him with a gift of the nine jewels; give the ten-fold gifts to the brahmans, and rich largess to the lame, blind, poor, and so forth. By this pious procedure, and by the blessings spoken by the brahmans, the evil results arising from the bad dream shall be averted.” Hearing these words of Sarvajña Bhaṭṭa the king did as he said, and for the purpose of giving a great largess left his treasury open for the space of three days. And everyone came and took riches to his heart’s content.

Having told this tale the statue said to the king: “O king, if such magnanimity is found in you, then mount upon this throne.” And the king was silent.

Here ends the twenty-third story