Simhasanadvatrimshika 19.p2

English (machine translation) 19.p2

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19.p2

Vikrama said: 'O King, your inner heart is purified; your birth alone is praiseworthy; Nārāyaṇa, the lion of Vaikuṇṭha in bodily form, came to your abode as a suppliant; who are people like us?' Bali said: 'Master, what is the reason for your coming?' Vikrama said: 'O lord of the Dānavas, I came only to see you, there is no other reason.' Bali said: 'If the master has come having formed a friendship with me, then, showing grace to me, you must ask for some object.' Vikrama said: 'I lack nothing; by your grace, I too am complete with all things.' Bali said: 'O master, did I say that you had a lack? It was said with a view to friendship; for they describe the mark of a friend in this way. And it is said:

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Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English

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Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā — Sanskrit