Simhasanadvatrimshika 9.p1

9.p1

Once more, as the king was about to sit upon the throne, another statuette said: 'O King, he who possesses the generosity and fortitude of Vikrama is worthy to sit upon this throne.' Bhoja said: 'Tell the account of his generosity.' She said: 'While Vikrama was ruling, Bhaṭṭi was his minister, Govinda the deputy minister, Candra the commander of the army, and Trivikrama the royal priest. That Trivikrama had a son named Kamalākara. By his father's favor, he ate rice with clarified butter, adorned his body with clothes, ornaments, betel, and the like, and lived enjoying worldly pleasures. One day his father said: "Hey Kamalākara, having attained birth as a brahmin, why do you live thus, following your own whims? This soul passes through a hundred births in various wombs; sometimes, by force of good deeds, it attains human birth, and even there birth in a brahmin family is obtained through great merit. Even having obtained that, you have become of wicked conduct! You always wander outside, and come home only at mealtime. What you do is entirely improper. And moreover: this is your time for study; if you do not study at this time, there will be great sorrow in the future. And it is said: