[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) › 12.10 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 12.10 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 12.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.10) uttiṣṭha kṣaṇamātram udvaha sakhe dāridryabhāraṃ mama, śrāntas tāvad ahaṃ ciraṃ maraṇajaṃ seve tvadīyaṃ sukham; ity uktaṃ dhanavarjitasya vacanaṃ śrutvā śmaśāne śavo dāridryān maraṇaṃ varaṃ param iti jñātvai 'va tūṣṇīṃ sthitaḥ. || 10 || > 'Arise for just a moment, friend, and take up the burden of my poverty; / exhausted as I am, let me enjoy for a while your bliss born of death.' / Hearing this speech of the destitute man in the cremation ground, a corpse / remained completely silent, knowing that death is far better than poverty. || 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.p9) - [Next: 12.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.p10) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.12.10) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.30.164) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.10) · Pramāṇa