[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) › 4.p1 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 4.p1 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 4.p1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.p1) punar api rājā siṅhāsane yāvad upaviśati, tāvad anyayā puttalikayo 'ktam: yasya vikramasyau 'dāryam asti, tenai 'va siṅhāsanam adhyāsitavyam. rājño 'ktam: kathaya tasyau 'dāryavṛttāntam. puttalikayo 'ktam: bho rājan, śrūyatām. vikramāditye rājyaṃ kurvati tasmin nagare brāhmaṇaḥ kaścit sakalavidyāvicakṣaṇaḥ samastaguṇālaṃkrtaḥ param aputraḥ samabhavat. ekadā svabhāryayo 'ktaḥ: bhoḥ prāṇeśvara, putraṃ vinā gṛhasthasya gatir nā 'stī 'ti smṛtivido vadanti. tathā ca: > When the king again started to mount the throne, another statue said: “Only he who has the magnanimity of Vikrama may mount upon this throne.” The king said: “Tell me a tale of his magnanimity.” The statue said: “Hear, O king. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne > While Vikramāditya was king there dwelt in that city a certain brahman, who was learned in all branches of knowledge and adorned with all virtues, but had no offspring. One time his wife said to him: “My dear lord, the learned in tradition say that a householder cannot get along \[or, ‘cannot go to heaven’\] without a son. And so: 1. There is no help \[or, ‘no going to heaven’\] for a man who has no son; paradise is never, never for him. Therefore only after seeing his son’s face should a man become an ascetic. 2. The moon is the light of night; the sun is the light by day; religion is the light of the three worlds; a good son is the light of the family. And so: 3. The glory of an elephant is his passion; of water, lotuses; of night, the full moon; of a woman, her good character; of a horse, his swiftness; of a house, constant festivals; of speech, good grammar; of rivers, pairs of mating swans; of a council chamber, wise men; of a family, a good son; of the earth, a king; of the three worlds, the sun." The brahman replied: "My dear, you have spoken truly; but tho wealth may be obtained by great effort, and knowledge also by obeying a teacher, glory and offspring cannot be obtained without propitiating the Supreme Lord \[Çiva\]. And it is said: 4. If a longing for endless happiness makes itself felt in the heart, let one only make a firm resolve and worship constantly the Lord of Bhavānī \[Çiva\]." His wife answered: "My lord, there is no one more learned than you; > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 3.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.3.p14) - [Next: 4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.1) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.4.p3) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.4.p1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.p1) · Pramāṇa