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# Simhasanadvatrimshika 10.1

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 10.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.10.1)

bhuñjīmahi vayaṃ bhikṣām āśāvāso vasīmahi,  
śayīmahi mahīpṛṣṭhe, kurvīmahi kim īśvaraih? || 1 ||

> We eat alms, we wear the quarters of space as our garments, / we sleep upon the surface of the earth; what have we to do with lords? || 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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