[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) › 25.p6 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 25.p6 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 25.p6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [25.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.25.p6) rājā bhanati: bho devi, yadi prasannā 'si, tarhy anāvṛṣṭiṃ nivāraya. devatayo 'ktam: tathā kariṣyāmī 'ti. tato rājā nijabhavanam āgataḥ. imāṃ kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā rājānaṃ bhaṇati: bho rājan, tvayy evaṃvidhaṃ dhairyaṃ vidyate cet, tarhy asmin siṃhāsana upaviśa. tac chrutvā rājā tūṣṇīṃ babhūva. iti pancaviṃśopākhyānam > Having told this story 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. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne > Here ends the twenty-fifth story > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 25.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.25.p5) - [Next: 26.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.26.p1) - [Up: 25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.25) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.25.p6) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.25.p6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.25.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.25.p6) · Pramāṇa