[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) › 6.p5 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 6.p5 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 6.p5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.p5) tad vikramārko rājā 'tra samāgataḥ; tam ekam agrahāraṃ yācayitvā kāṃcana kanyakāṃ vivāhya saṃsārasukham anubhaviṣyāmī 'ti vicārya rājasamipam āgatya: jyākṛṣṭibaddhakhaṭakāmukhapāṇipṛṣṭhapreñkhannakhāṅśucayasaṃvalito mṛḍānyāḥ > So I will beg of him a donation of land, marry some girl, and engage in worldly pleasures." Thus reflecting he went into the king's presence and recited this blessing: 6. "May the sidelong glance of Durgā protect you! the glance that is accompanied by a mass of rays from the vibrating nails on the back of her hand, while her fingers are artistically poised \[literally, in the khaṭakāmukha-position (mss. kaṭa°)\] as for drawing the bowstring; the glance that creates the delusive impression that bees are swarming eagerly upon her ear-garland of flowering twigs." Then the king caused him to sit down and said to him: "Brahman, whence have you come?" Said he: "I remain in this very spot paying devotions to the World-mother. Fifty years have past by while I have been unceasingly doing homage to her. I am a celibate. In the latter part of this past night the goddess came to me in a dream and said: ‘Brahman, for this long time you have undergone hardships in paying homage to me; I am satisfied with you. So do you now take upon yourself the way of life of a householder, and beget a son; afterwards fix your mind on final salvation. Otherwise there can be no happy outcome \[or, attainment of heaven\] for you. It is said: 7. Having discharged the three debts let a man fix his mind on salvation. He who seeks salvation without having discharged them falls to hell. \[A brahman’s three ‘debts’ are: Vedic study (owed to the seers), sacrifice (owed to the gods), and a son (owed to his ancestors).\] > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.5) - [Next: 6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.6) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.6.p4.3) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.6.p5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.p5) · Pramāṇa