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# Simhasanadvatrimshika 18.7

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 18.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.18.7)

vedānteṣu yam āhur ekapuruṣaṃ vyāpya sthitaṃ rodasī,  
yasminn īśvara ity ananyaviṣayaḥ śabdo yathārthākṣaraḥ,  
antar yaś ca mumukṣubhir niyamitaprāṇādibhir mṛgyate,  
sa sthāṇuḥ sthirabhaktiyogasulabho niḥśreyasāyā 'stu vaḥ. || 7 ||

> 7. "Whom in the Upanishads they call Sole Spirit \[Puruṣa\], abidingly immanent thruout heaven and earth; in case of whom the word Lord \[Içvara\], since it properly belongs to no other, has its syllables true to their meaning; whom seekers of salvation search after within (their own hearts), by restraint of breath and such (ascetic practices);—may he, the Immovable \[Çiva\], whom steadfast devotion and earnest-endeavor \[yoga\] may easily find, work your final beatitude." \[This is the first stanza of Kālidāsa's play, Vikramorvaçī.\]  
> — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne

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## Translations (2)

- [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.18.p9) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.18.7) — English, machine translation

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