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# Simhasanadvatrimshika 17.3

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 17.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.17.3)

svabhāvavīrā ye kecid dayāvīrāś ca kecana;  
te sarve dānavīrasya kalāṃ nā 'rhanti ṣoḍaśīm. || 3 ||

> Those who are heroes by nature, and those who are heroes of compassion, / all of them do not equal a sixteenth part of a hero of generosity. || 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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