Simhasana Dvatrimsika by A N D Haskar

Author:A N D Haskar
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789352141005
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2015-07-20T16:00:00+00:00

13. The Gift of Merit

On another occasion, when King Bhoja was again about to ascend the throne after making all the arrangements for his coronation, the thirteenth statuette said: ‘O King, one who sits upon this throne must have magnanimity like Vikramaditya.’

Asked by the king what that magnanimity was like, the statuette said: ‘Listen, Your Majesty, once Vikramaditya placed the burden of government on his ministers and himself set out to travel around the world in the guise of a yogi. He would stop for one night in a village and for five in a town. Travelling thus, he came to a town near a river which had a temple on its banks. All the people there were listening to a preacher read from the purāṇa scriptures. The king bathed in the river and went to the temple where, after saluting the deity, he too sat down near the congregation. At that moment the preacher recited the following from the purāṇa:1

“This body is not permanent.

Nor is prosperity perpetual.

Death is always round the corner.

Therefore one must accumulate

a store of dharma.

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