Simhasanadvatrimshika 24.p10

24.p10

rājño 'ktam: satyam uktaṃ tvayā; gṛhyatām amṛtaghaṭaḥ. iti tasmai dadau. so 'pi rājānaṃ stutvā nijasthānaṃ gataḥ. rājā 'py ujjayinīm agāt. imāṃ kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā rājānam avocat: bho rājan, tvayy evam audāryaṃ vidyate cet, tarhy asmin siṃhāsana upaviśa. tac chrutvā rājā tūṣṇīṃ babhūva. iti caturviṃśopākhyānam

The king said: “You have spoken truly. Take the jar of nectar.” So saying he gave it to him; and the brahman went to his own place, praising the king. And the king returned to Ujjayinī.

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 hearing this the king was silent.

Here ends the twenty-fourth story