Simhasanadvatrimshika 9.p9

9.p9

King Vikramāditya, who was a storehouse of pure courage and heroism, dwelt in Ujjayinī, giving aid to the whole earth. He had a far-famed chief vizier, who was named Bhaṭṭi; Govindacandra was his general, while Trivikrama was his house-priest. This Trivikrama had a son named Kamalākara, who grew up constantly indulged and affectionately humored by his father. Seeing that his son was devoted to pleasure and lacking in knowledge, the brahman once said to the youth, gently, but with despair in his heart: "By your previous good deeds, my son, you have obtained birth in a noble family, and the form of a brahman, also the privilege of getting your sustenance without exertion. But those who do not accumulate learning, asceticism, generosity, morality, virtue, or religion in this world, they are mere beasts in human form. My son, knowledge grants us desired objects like the Cow-of-Wishes; and when we sojourn in foreign lands she makes us glad like a mother. A man should accumulate the wealth known as knowledge, which cannot be stolen or taken away by any one else, by wife, brothers, thieves, kings, or kings’ favorites.”