[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) › 11.p6 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 11.p6 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 11.p6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.11.p6) tathā ca: kṣīreṇā 'tmagatodakāya hi guṇā dattāḥ purā te 'khilāḥ; > Again: > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne > 6. The milk first gives to the water, which has been mingled > with it, all its good qualities; when the water observes the tor- > ture of the milk (in boiling), it sacrifices itself in the fire; but then > seeing its friend’s disaster the milk becomes wild to get into the > fire itself, until being rejoined by the water it is quieted. Such, > in truth, is the friendship of the noble.” > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.11.5) - [Next: 11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.11.6) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.11) ## 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.p10) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.11.p6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.11.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.11.p6) · Pramāṇa