[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) › 19.4 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 19.4 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 19.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.19.4) tāvat prītlr bhavel loke, yāvad dānaṃ pradīyate, vatsaḥ kṣīrakṣayaṃ dṛṣṭā svayaṃ tyajati mātaram. || 4 || > So long does affection exist in the world as a gift is given; / seeing the cessation of milk, the calf abandons its mother of its own accord. || 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 19.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.19.p3) - [Next: 19.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.19.p4) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.19) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.19.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Textus simplicior](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra*simplicior.2.52) — Sanskrit - [Vikramārkacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.3) — Nandīśayāgnika, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.19.4) · Pramāṇa