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# Simhasanadvatrimshika 21.7

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 21.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.21.7)

śūraḥ surūpaḥ subhagas tu vāgmī,  
śastrāṇi śāstrāṇi vidāṃ variṣṭhaḥ,  
arthaṃ vinā nai 'va kalākalāpaṃ  
prāpnoti martyo 'tra manuṣyaloke. || 7 ||

> A hero, handsome, charming, eloquent, / the foremost among those who know weapons and learned treatises— / without wealth, a mortal in this world of men / never attains any assemblage of arts at all. || 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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