[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.p7 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 8.p7 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 8.p7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.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. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne > 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.” > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.8.6) - [Next: 8.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.8.p8) - [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.p8) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.8.p7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.8.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.8.p7) · Pramāṇa