Simhasanadvatrimshika 4.p9

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4.p9

"It was given by no one. Greedy for wealth, I myself killed your prince, took his ornaments, and placed this one ornament from among them into his hand to sell. Now do whatever you please. Such a thought arose in me by the force of my karma." Having said this, he looked down. Hearing those words, the king remained silent. Then some in the assembly said: "Ah, how could this man, who knows all the legal treatises and knows righteousness, set his mind on such a sinful deed?" Another said: "What is strange here? Such a thought arose because he was impelled by his own past actions. And it is said: What does a wise man do when impelled by his own past actions?

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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