[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Story collections and fables](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories) › [Simhasanadvatrimshika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana) › 10.4 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 10.4 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 10.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.10.4) rājā bandhur abandhūnāṃ, rājā cakṣur acakṣuṣām, rājā pitā ca mātā ca, rājā cā 'rtiharo guruḥ. || 4 || > The king is a kinsman to the kinless, the king is an eye to the sightless, / the king is father and mother, and the king is a sorrow-dispelling elder. || 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.10.p4) - [Next: 10.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.10.p5) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.10.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vikramārkacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.4.2) — Nandīśayāgnika, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.10.4) · Pramāṇa