[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.p4 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 4.p4 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 4.p4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.p4) bhāryayo 'ktam: bhoḥ svāmin, tvatto 'pi kaścij jñātā nā 'sti; bhavān sarvajñaḥ. ataḥ parameśvaraprasādārthaṃ kimapi vratādikam anuṣṭheyam. teno 'ktam: bhoḥ priye, yuktam uktaṃ tvayā; mayā 'py añgīkrtam eva tvadvacanam. kutaḥ: > you know all things. So undertake some service or the like to win the favor of the Supreme Lord." He replied: "My dear, what you say is quite reasonable, and I assent to your suggestion. Since: 5. Wise counsel should be heeded even if it comes from a child, while a man of judgment should never accept bad advice, even tho it comes from an old man." So speaking the brahman undertook the Rudra-rite, in order to win the favor of the Supreme Lord. One night after that the Supreme Lord appeared to the brahman in a dream, wearing his (characteristic) hair-braid and crest, in his bull-drawn chariot, with his consort sitting on his left thigh, and said: "Brahman, perform a pradoṣavrata \['evening rite,' a Çivaitic ceremony\]; by performing this rite you shall obtain a son." In the morning the brahman told of his dream before the elders. They said: "Brahman, this dream will come true. And it is said in the Book of Dreams: 6. A man shall make his decision in accordance with whatever is said in dreams by a god, a brahman, a guru, cows, ancestors, or bearers of liṅgas \[signs of Çiva\]. Upon performing this rite you shall beget a son." When the brahman heard their words he instituted a pradoṣavrata, on the thirteenth day of the bright half of the month Mārgaçīrṣa, on a Saturday, observing the rules prescribed in the ritual books. The Supreme Lord became propitiated thru the performance of that rite, and gave him a son. Straightway the brahman performed the birth-ceremony for this son; > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.4) - [Next: 4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.5) - [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.p4.2) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.4.p4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.p4) · Pramāṇa