[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) › 24.10 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 24.10 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 24.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [24.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.24.10) adyā 'pi no 'jjhati haraḥ kila kālakūṭaṃ; kūrmo bibharti dharaṇīṃ khalu pṛṣthabhāge; ambhonidhir vahati duḥsahavāḍabāgnim; aṅgīkṛtaṃ sukṛtinaḥ paripālayanti. || 10 || > "'Even today, Hara indeed does not spit out the kālakūṭa poison; / the tortoise surely bears the earth upon its back; / the ocean carries the unbearable submarine fire; / virtuous men keep what they have undertaken.' || 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 24.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.24.p9) - [Next: 24.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.24.p10) - [Up: 24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.24) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.24.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.24.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.24.10) · Pramāṇa