[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.p6 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 6.p6 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 6.p6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.p6) ity āśīrvādaṃ dadau. tato rājā tam āsana upaveśayitvā 'bravīt: bho brāhmaṇa, kutaḥ samāgataḥ? teno 'ktam: aham atrai 'va jagadambikāparicaryāṃ kurvaṅs tiṣṭhāmi. nityam asyāḥ sevāṃ kurvato me pañcāśadvarṣāṇi jātāni. ahaṃ brahmacārī. adya niśāvasāne devatā māṃ svapne samāgatyā 'bhaṇat: bho brāhmaṇa, tvam etāvantaṃ kālaṃ mama paricaryayā kaṣṭaṃ gato 'si; tavā 'haṃ prasannā jātā 'smi. tarhi tvam idānīṃ gṛhasthāśramaṃ svīkuru, putram utpādya, paścān mokṣe mano nidhehi. anyathā tava gatir nā 'sti. uktaṃ ca: > Then the king seated him on a chair and said: “O brahmin, from where have you come?” He said: “I stay right here, performing service to the Mother of the Universe. Fifty years have passed for me while performing her service daily. I am a student of the Veda. Today, at the end of the night, the goddess came to me in a dream and said: ‘O brahmin, you have suffered hardship for so long in my service; I have become pleased with you. Therefore, now enter the householder stage, father a son, and afterwards set your mind on liberation. Otherwise, there is no high destiny for you.’ And it is said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.6) - [Next: 6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.7) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.6.p6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.p6) · Pramāṇa