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# Simhasanadvatrimshika 5.p6

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 5.p6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.5.p6)

iti vicārya dattāni. rājā 'pi tadvacanaṃ śrutvā 'tisaṃtuṣṭaḥ sann avaśiṣṭāni pañca ratnāni tasmai maṇihārāya dadau. iti kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā bhojarājaṃ bhaṇati: bho rājan, audāryaguṇagariṣṭho vikramādityaḥ. tvayy evaṃvidham audāryaṃ vidyate cet, tarhy asmin siṅhāsana upaviśa. etac chrutvā rājā tūṣṇīṃ sthitaḥ. iti pancamākhyānam

> Having told this story the statue said to King Bhoja: "O king, Vikramāditya was supreme in the virtue of magnanimity. 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 fifth story  
> — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne

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## Translations (2)

- [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.5.p5) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.5.p6) — English, machine translation

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