Simhasanadvatrimshika 26.p1

26.p1

punar api rājā yāvat siṃhāsana upaviśati, tāvad anyā puttalikā bhaṇati: bho rājan, asmin siṃhāsana upaveṣtuṃ sa eva yogyo yasya vikramasyau 'dāryādayo guṇā bhavanti. rājño 'ktam: bhoḥ puttalike, kathaya tasyau 'dāryavṛttāntam. sā 'bravīt: bho rājan, śrūyatām vikramādityasadṛśo rājā sattvaudāryadayāvivekadhairyādiguṇair nā 'sti. anyac ca: yad uktaṃ tad anyathā na karoti; yac citte sthitaṃ tad eva vadati; yad vacanād āgataṃ tad eva karoti. ataḥ sajjano 'yam. uktaṃ ca:

When the king once more was ascending the throne, another statue said: “O king, only he is worthy to ascend this throne who has the magnanimity and other virtues of Vikrama.” The king said: “O statue, tell me a tale of his magnanimity.” She said: “O king, listen.

There is no king like Vikramāditya in the virtues of courage, magnanimity, compassion, discrimination, firmness, and the like. Moreover, his words never proved false; what was in his heart, just that he said, and whatever followed from his words, even that he did. Therefore he was a righteous man. And it is said: 1. In righteous men there is uniformity of thought, word, and deed. As their thought is, so is their word, and as their word is, so is their deed. 2. This is the inborn nature of righteous men, to be kind, to speak pleasantly, and to show boundless affection; did anyone *make* the moon cool?