[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) › 13.2 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 13.2 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 13.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.13.2) śrūyatāṃ dharmasarvasvaṃ, yad uktaṃ śāstrakoṭibhiḥ; paropakāraḥ puṇyāya, pāpāya parapīḍanam. || 2 || > Let the essence of righteousness be heard, which has been spoken by millions of treatises: > Benevolence towards others leads to merit, harm to others leads to sin. || 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.13.1) - [Next: 13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.13.3) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.13.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Skandapurāṇa (early; "Ambikākhaṇḍa") (ed. Bakker)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*early*bakker.15.36.68.p5) — Sanskrit - [Vikramārkacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.5.2-2) — Nandīśayāgnika, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.13.2) · Pramāṇa