[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.p6 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 3.p6 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 3.p6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.3.p6) ity evaṃ vicārya sarvasvadakṣiṇaṃ yajñaṃ kartum upakrāntavān. tataḥ śilpibhir atimanoharaṃ maṇḍapaṃ kāritam. sarvā 'pi yajñasāmagrī saṃpāditā; devarṣigandharvayakṣasiddhādayaḥ samāhūtāḥ; brāhmaṇāś ca samāgatāḥ; sarve rājāno bāndhavāś cā 'kāritāḥ. tasmin samaye samudrākaraṇārthaṃ kaścid brāhmaṇaḥ samudratīraṃ preṣitaḥ. so 'pi samudratīraṃ gatvā gandhapuṣpādiṣoḍaśopacāraṃ kṛtvā 'bravīt: bhoḥ samudra, vikramārko rājā yajñaṃ karoti; tena preṣito 'haṃ tvām āhvātuṃ samāgata iti jalamadhye puṣpāñjaliṃ dattvā kṣaṇaṃ sthitaḥ. tasya na ko 'pi pratyuttaraṃ dadau. tadā vyāghuṭya grāmaṃ prati yāvad āgacchati, tāvad dedīpyamānaśarīraḥ kaścid brāhmaṇarūpī saṅs tam āgatyā 'vadat: bho brāhmaṇa, tvaṃ vikrameṇā 'smān āhvātuṃ preṣitaḥ; tarhi tena yā saṃbhāvanā kṛtā, sā 'smān prāptā. etad eva suhṛdo lakṣaṇam, yat samaye dānamānādi. uktaṃ ca: > And when he came to the shore of the sea he performed the sixteen-fold worship with perfumes and flowers and so forth, and said: "O sea, King Vikramārka is performing a sacrifice, and I have come, sent by him, to invite you." So saying, he cast a handful of flowers into the water and stood still a moment; but no one made answer to him. Then he turned back; and as he was returning to the city, some one in the form of a brahman, with a resplendent body, came up to him and said: "Brahman, you were sent by Vikrama to summon me. Now then the honor he has paid me has reacht me. This is the very mark of a friend, the giving of gifts and marks of respect at suitable times. And it is said: 9. Giving and receiving, telling secrets and asking about them, entertaining and being entertained; these are the six marks of friendship. Moreover, it is not true that friendship dies between those who are far away and thrives only among those who are near. Affection alone determines it. And it is said: 10. Even one who is afar off is near, if he dwells in the heart; and one who is far off by the heart's measurement is far off, even if he be at hand. And so: 11. The peacock is on the mountain, the cloud in the sky; the sun is a hundred thousand leagues away, the lotus in the pool; the moon is at a distance of two hundred thousand leagues, the night-lotuses on the earth; if friendship exist, there is never any such thing as distance. Therefore by all means would I come. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.3.8) - [Next: 3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.3.9) - [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.p4.3) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.3.p6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.3.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.3.p6) · Pramāṇa