[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) › 14.1 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 14.1 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 14.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.14.1) niyogihastārpitarājyabhārās tiṣṭhanti ye svairavihārasārāḥ, biḍālavṛndāhitadugdhabhāṇḍāḥ svapanti te mūḍhadhiyaḥ kṣitīndrāḥ. || 1 || > Those foolish kings who, having entrusted the burden of rule to the hands of their officials, / live absorbed in self-indulgence, / sleep like those who have left their vessels of milk in the care of a pack of cats. || 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.14.p2) - [Next: 14.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.14.p3) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.14.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vikramārkacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.5.1-3) — Nandīśayāgnika, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.14.1) · Pramāṇa