Simhasanadvatrimshika 6.p8

6.p8

iti vicārya tatra nagaram ekaṃ kārayitvā tam abhiṣicya tasmin nagare saṃsthāpya vilāsinīnāṃ śatam adāt, pañcāśad gajāṅś ca dadau, turaṃgānāṃ pañcāśatir dattā, catvārinśad rathā dattāḥ, bhaṭānāṃ pañcasahasrī dattā tasmai brāhmaṇāya; caṇḍikāpuram iti nāmadheyaṃ kṛtam. tataḥ paripūrṇamanoratho brāhmaṇas taṃ rājānam āśīrbhir edhayām āsa. rājā 'pi nijanagaram agamat. iti kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā rājānam abravīt: bho rājan, tvayy evaṃvidham audāryaṃ vidyate cet, tarhy asmin siṅhāsana upaviśa. rājā tūṣṇīm āsīt. iti saṣṭhākhyānam

Thus reflecting he caused a city to be built there, and crowned the brahman king and establisht him in that city, and gave him a hundred charming houris, and fifty elephants, and fifty horses, and forty chariots, and five thousand attendants; and he named the city Caṇḍikāpura. So the brahman, his desires being wholly fulfilled, wisht the king well with formal blessings. And the king went to his own city.

Having told this story the statue said to the king: “O king, if such magnanimity is found in you, then mount upon this throne.” And the king was silent.

Here ends the sixth story