Simhasanadvatrimshika 22.p3

22.p3

Here, without sprinkling the blood of a man endowed with the thirty-two auspicious marks, the entrance to the cavern will not open." Hearing these words of the goddess, the king went to the entrance of the opening, and just as he was placing his sword to his throat, the goddess said: "O King, I am pleased with you; choose a boon!" The king said: "O goddess, if you are pleased, then give the elixir to this brahmin." The goddess also said, "So be it," opened the entrance to the cavern, and gave the elixir to the brahmin. That brahmin also praised the king and went to his own place. The king also went to his own city. Having told this story, the statuette said to the king: "O King, if such courage and generosity exist in you, then sit on this throne." The king remained silent. Thus ends the twenty-second tale.