[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) › 26.p7 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 26.p7 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 26.p7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [26.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.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. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne > 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. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne > Here ends the twenty-sixth story > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 26.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.26.7) - [Next: 27.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.p1) - [Up: 26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.26) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.26.p5.4) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.26.p7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.26.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.26.p7) · Pramāṇa