Simhasanadvatrimshika 26.p7

26.p7

rājño 'ktam: brāhmana, kim yācyate tvayā? brāhmaṇena bhaṇitam: bho rājan, bhavān āśritakalpavṛkṣaḥ; yāvajjīvaṃ mama dāridryavichittir yathā bhavati, tathā vidheyam. rājño 'ktam: tarhī 'yaṃ kāmadhenus tave 'psitaṃ dāsyati; imāṃ gṛhāṇa. iti tasmai kāmadhenuṃ prādāt. brāhmaṇaḥ svargasukhaṃ gata iva kāmadhenuṃ gṛhītvā nijasthānaṃ gataḥ. rājā 'pi nijanagaram agāt. imāṃ kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā bhojarājaṃ jagāda: bho rājan, tvayy evam audāryaṃ vidyate cet, tarhy asmin siṃhāsana upaviśa. tac chrutvā rājā tūṣṇīm abhūt. iti ṣaḍviṃśopākhyānam

And the king returned to his city.

Having told this story the statue said to King Bhoja: “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-sixth story