Simhasanadvatrimshika 20.p10

20.p10

Then, being pleased, the yogin gave the king a magic pill, a yogic staff, and a patched cloak, and said: “O king, as many lines as are drawn on the ground with this magic pill, so many yojanas can be traversed in a single day. If one holds this yogic staff in the right hand and touches [them], dead soldiers become alive and stand up; if one holds it in the left hand and touches an enemy army, then the destruction of the entire enemy army occurs. This patched cloak also bestows whatever object is desired.” Taking them, bowing to the yogin, and receiving permission, as the king was returning, a certain prince on the road, having set up a fire nearby, was gathering firewood. The king asked him: “Good sir, what is being done here?” He said: “I am the son of a king; my kingdom was stolen by rival heirs. Poor and unable to sustain life, I am gathering firewood to enter the fire.” Then the king gave him reassurance of safety, the magic pill, the yogic staff, and the patched cloak, and explained their properties. Thereafter, the satisfied prince bowed to the king and went to his own country. King Vikrama also went to Ujjayinī.