Simhasanadvatrimshika 11.p4

11.p4

Then, at night, Ciraṃjīvin sat comfortably and asked those birds—the king, too, sitting at the foot of the tree, heard his words—"O sons, as you wander through various lands, what wonders have you seen?" Thereupon one bird said: "I have not seen any wonder, but today there is great sorrow in my heart." Ciraṃjīvin said: "Tell me, what is the cause of your sorrow?" He replied: "What will come of merely telling it?" The elder bird said: "O son, he who is afflicted with sorrow becomes happy after confiding his sorrow to a friend. For it is said: