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# Simhasanadvatrimshika 11.5

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 11.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.11.5)

sukhini sukhī suhṛdi suhṛd duḥkhini duḥkhī svayaṃ ca yo  
bhavati;  
udite muditaḥ sindhuḥ śaśini samagro 'stam ayati ca kṣīṇaḥ. || 5 ||

> 5. A friend is one who is himself happy when his friend is happy  
> and sad when he is sad. The ocean is rejoist \[the tide rises\]  
> when the moon rises, and wastes away \[ebbs\] completely when it  
> sinks.  
> — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne

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## Translations (2)

- [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.11.p9) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.11.5) — English, machine translation

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