[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) › 3.p13 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 3.p13 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 3.p13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.3.p13) evaṃ caturṇāṃ parasparaṃ vivādo lagnaḥ. tato brāhmaṇo rājñaḥ sakāśam āgatya caturṇāṃ vṛttāntam akathayat. rājā 'pi tac chrutvā tasmai brāhmaṇāya catvāry api ratnāni dadau. iti kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā rājānam abravīt: bho rājan, audāryaṃ nāma sahajo guṇaḥ, na tv aupādhikaḥ. tathā hi: > Having told this story the statue said to the king: “O king, magnanimity is an inborn virtue, not an adventitious one \[literally, one that is due to conditions\]. For: 17. Magnanimity is an inborn quality, just as fragrance in campaka-flowers, beauty in pearls, and sweetness in sugar-cane. If such magnanimity is found in you, then mount upon this throne.” > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.3.16) - [Next: 3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.3.17) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.3) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.3.p5) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.3.p13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.3.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.3.p13) · Pramāṇa