[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) › 8.p5 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 8.p5 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 8.p5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.8.p5) teṣāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā vikramārko rājā svayaṃ tatra gato jalaśayanasya viṣṇor mahāprāsādam atimanoharam ativiśālaṃ taṭākaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā vismayaṃ gato manasi vicārayati: yadi mama kaṇṭharaktene 'daṃ taṭākaṃ secayiṣyāmi, tarhī 'daṃ jalaiḥ paripūrṇaṃ bhaviṣyati, sakalalokasyo 'pakāro bhaviṣyati. idaṃ mama śarīraṃ sarvathā varṣaśatam api sthitvā vināśam eva yāsyati; ato mahatā puruṣeṇa śarīre mamatvaṃ na kāryam; paropakārārthaṃ śarīram api dātavyam. uktaṃ ca: > When King Vikramārka heard their words, he went himself to that place. And when he saw the great shrine, beautiful and spacious, of Viṣṇu ‘Resting-on-the-Water,’ and the reservoir, he was astonisht, and thought to himself: “If I sprinkle this pond with the blood of my neck, then it will become full of water, and it will be a benefaction to all people. This my body, even tho it should live a hundred years, must finally come to destruction; therefore a great man should not be selfish with his body. To benefit others even the body should be sacrificed. And it is said: > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 8.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.8.p4) - [Next: 8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.8.4) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.8) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.8.p6) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.8.p5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.8.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.8.p5) · Pramāṇa