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# Simhasanadvatrimshika 16.2

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 16.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.16.2)

mākandamandamakarandamadānuraktim  
indindirā nibiḍayanti samandranādāḥ;  
mandānilo 'pi vanitāvadanāravinda-  
gandhāpahāranipuṇo nivasaty ajasram. || 2 ||

> Bees, humming deep and low, intensify their passion / born from the intoxication of mango's gentle nectar; / and the gentle breeze, adept at stealing the scent / of the lotus-faces of women, blows continuously. || 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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