[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) › 23.p2 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 23.p2 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 23.p2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [23.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.23.p2) iti devaṃ stutvā namaskṛtya brāhmaṇebhyaḥ kapilābhūtilādinityadānāni dattvā tadanantaraṃ dīnāndhabadhirakubjapaṅgvanāthādibhyo bhūridānaṃ dattvā bhojanagṛhaṃ praviṣṭo bālasuvāsinīvṛddhādīn saṃbhojya svayam anyair bandhubhiḥ saha bhuktavān. sādhu ce 'dam ucyate: > Having praised and bowed to the deity in this way, giving the daily gifts of tawny cows, land, sesame seeds, and the like to brahmins, and thereafter giving abundant gifts to the poor, the blind, the deaf, hunchbacks, the lame, the destitute, and the like, he entered the dining hall, fed the children, married women living in their father's house, the elderly, and others, and then ate himself along with his other kinsmen. And it is well said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.23.2) - [Next: 23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.23.3) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.23) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.23.p2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.23.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.23.p2) · Pramāṇa