Simhasanadvatrimshika 8.p7

8.p7

evaṃ vicārya puraḥsthitaprāsādagarbhagato jalaśayanasya viṣṇoḥ pūjāṃ vidhāya namaskṛtya bhaṇati: bho jaladevate, tvaṃ dvātriṃśallakṣaṇayuktapuruṣasya kaṇṭharaktaṃ vāñchasi; tarhi mamā 'nena kaṇṭharaktena tṛptā satī 'daṃ taṭākaṃ jalaiḥ paripūrṇaṃ kuru. ity uktvā yāvat kaṇṭhe khaḍgaṃ karoti, tāvad devatayā khaḍgaṃ dhṛtvā bhaṇitam: bho vīra, tavā 'haṃ prasannā 'smi, varaṃ vṛṇīṣva. rājā 'vādīt: yadi mama prasannā jātā 'si, tarhī 'daṃ taṭākaṃ jalaiḥ paripūrṇaṃ kuru. punar devyā bhaṇitam: bho rājan, tvam asmāt sthānāt tvaritaṃ nirgaccha, yāvat paścāt paśyasi, tāvaj jalāīḥ paripūrṇaṃ bhaviṣyati. tac chrutvā rājā satvaraṃ taṭākapālīṃ gataḥ; taṭākaṃ ca jalaiḥ paripūrṇam abhūt. rājā vikramo 'pi svanagaram agamat. iti kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā bhojarājam abravīt: bho rājan, tvayy evam audāryaparopakārasattvasāraprabhṛtayo guṇā vidyante cet, tarhy asmin siṃhāsane samupaviśa.

So thinking he went into the temple before him, and having paid homage to Viṣṇu ‘Resting-on-the-Water’ and bowed down before him, he said: “Hail, deity of the waters! Since you desire blood from the throat of a man bearing the thirty-two superior marks, now be satisfied with this blood from my throat, and cause this pond to be full of water.” Thus speaking he put his sword to his throat; but then the deity stayed his sword and said: “O hero, I am appeased by you, choose a wish.” The king said: “If you are graciously disposed towards me, then make this pond to be filled with water.” The deity said in reply: “O king, go quickly away from this place, and when you look back, it shall be full of water.” Hearing this the king quickly went up on the bank of the pond; and the pond became filled with water. And King Vikrama went to his own city.

Having told this story the statue said to King Bhoja: “O king, if you possess such magnanimity, benevolence, courage, power, and other virtues, then mount upon this throne.”