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# Simhasanadvatrimshika 24.6

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 24.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [24.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.24.6)

eke vai śātravāṇāṃ samarabhayavaśāt trāsam utpādayanti,  
eke saṃpūrṇaghātair upahatavapuṣo nākanārīpriyāḥ syuḥ;  
eke vai dhīradhairyā ripuhatajaṭharā lambyamānāntrajālā,  
ghātāīḥ saṃbhinnadehā api bhayarahitā vairibhir yānti yoddhum. || 6 ||

> Some indeed produced terror in their enemies through fear of the combat; / some, their bodies struck down by full blows, became lovers of celestial maidens; / some indeed, possessing firm courage, their bellies pierced by the enemy and their entrails hanging down, / their bodies shattered by blows, yet devoid of fear, went to fight with the foes. || 6  
> — 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.24.6) — English, machine translation

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