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# Simhasanadvatrimshika 1.1

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 1.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.1.1)

nirīkṣite sahasraṃ tu, niyutaṃ tu prajalpite,  
hasane lakṣam āpnoti; saṃtuṣṭaḥ koṭido nṛpaḥ. || 1 ||

> At a mere glance \[he gives\] a thousand, but a hundred thousand at a conversation;  
> At a smile he receives a lakh; pleased, the king gives ten million. || 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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