[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.p5 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 10.p5 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 10.p5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [10.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.10.p5) tarhi viśvasyā 'rtiṃ pariharasi. anena vyādhinā mama śarīraṃ naśyati; śarīranāśād anuṣṭhānam api naṣṭam. ataḥ sarvasyā 'pi dharmakāryasya śarīram eva sādhanam. uktaṃ ca: > Therefore remove the sorrow of the world. By this disease my body is perishing; through the destruction of the body, ritual practice is destroyed too. For the body alone is the means for all righteous action. And it is said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.10.4) - [Next: 10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.10.5) - [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.p5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vikramacaritra (Pandit Somasūri)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.prabandha.prabandha.vikramacaritra.4.143) — Pandit Somasūri, Sanskrit - [Vārāhagṛhya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.varahagrhya.17.145) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.10.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.10.p5) · Pramāṇa