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iti mantrī bhojarājaṃ prati kathāṃ kathayitvā punar abravīt: bho rājan, yo rājā mantrivākyaṃ śṛṇoti, sa dīrghāyuḥ sukhī ca bhavati. tato bhojarājo mantrinaṃ stutvā vastrālaṃkaraṇādibhiḥ saṃpūjya tat siṃhāsanaṃ nagarābhyantaraṃ nītvā tatra sahasrastambhair maṇḍapaṃ kārayitvā sumuhūrte sulagne tasmin maṇḍape tat siṃhāsanaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya tataḥ puṇyatīrthodakair divyauṣadhiyuktair mantrapūrvakaṃ dvijair abhiṣiktaḥ puraṃdhrībhir nīrājito bahubhir viprair ārādhito vandibhiḥ praśaṃsitaś cāturvarṇyaṃ dānamānābhyāṃ saṃmānya dīnāndhabadhirapaṅgukubjādibhyo nānāvidhadānāni dattvā chattracāmarāṅkito yāvat puttalikāmastake pādapadmaṃ nidadhāti, tāvat puttalikā manuṣyavācā rājānam abravīt: bho rājan, tava tatsādṛśyaṃ śauryaudāryasāhasasattvādikaṃ yadi vidyate, tarhy asṃin siṃhāsana upaviśa. rājā 'bravīt: he puttalike, mamā 'pi tvayo 'ktaṃ sarvam audāryādikaṃ vidyate; kiṃ nyūnam asti? mayā 'pi sarveṣām arthināṃ kālocitaṃ dattam. puttalikā bhaṇati: bho rājan, etad eva tavā 'nucitam, yad ātmanā dattaṃ svamukhenai 'va kīrtayasi. yaḥ svaguṇān paradoṣān vā kīrtayati, sa kevalaṃ durjana eva; sajjanas tu nai 'vaṃ vakti. uktaṃ ca:

Having thus told the story to King Bhoja, the minister said again: 'O King, that king who listens to the word of a minister becomes long-lived and happy.' Then King Bhoja, having praised the minister and honoured him with garments, ornaments, and the like, brought that throne into the city, had a pavilion with a thousand pillars erected there, installed the throne in that pavilion at an auspicious hour and auspicious planetary conjunction, was then consecrated with holy pilgrimage waters mixed with divine herbs preceded by mantras by the twice-born, was cheered with waved lights by married women, revered by many brahmins, praised by bards, honoured the four castes with gifts and marks of respect, gave various gifts to the poor, blind, deaf, lame, hunchbacked, and others, and marked with umbrella and fly-whisk, as he was about to place his lotus foot upon the head of the statuette, the statuette said to the king in a human voice: 'O King, if you possess such heroism, generosity, daring, courage, and the like as his, then sit upon this throne.' The king said: 'O statuette, I too possess all the generosity and the like spoken of by you; what is lacking? I too have given what is appropriate for the time to all supplicants.' The statuette says: 'O King, this alone is improper for you, that you yourself recount with your own mouth what has been given by you. He who recounts his own virtues or others' faults is merely a wicked man; but a virtuous man does not speak thus. And it is said: