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# Simhasanadvatrimshika 21.8

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 21.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [21.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.21.8)

tānī 'ndriyāṇy avikalāni, tad eva nāma,  
sā buddhir apratihatā, vacanaṃ tad eva,  
arthoṣmaṇā virahitaḥ puruṣaḥ sa eva  
so 'py anya eva bhavatī 'ti kim atra citram! || 8 ||

> Those very same sense-organs, intact; the very same name; / that unimpaired intellect; the very same speech; / yet that very same man, deprived of the warmth of wealth, / becomes entirely someone else—what wonder is there in that! || 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.21.8) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Hitopadeśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.1.123) — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit

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