Simhasanadvatrimshika 28.p2

English (machine translation) 28.p2

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28.p2

Having praised thus, he sat down in the assembly hall. At that moment, someone with a miserable face arrived accompanied by musical instruments, together with the leading citizens. The king too, seeing him, reflected in his mind: ‘This man indeed has been brought by the leading citizens as a victim for the deity. Therefore he appears with an extremely miserable face. At this juncture, I will give my own body and free him. Even if this body lasts for a hundred years, it will utterly perish; therefore, even at the cost of one's own body, righteousness and fame should be acquired. 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