[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) › 27.12 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 27.12 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 27.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [27.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.12) dyutād dharmasutaḥ, palād iha bako, madyād yador nandanaḥ, śakro jāratayā, mṛgāntakatayā sa brahmadatto nṛpaḥ; coratvāc ca yayātir, anyavanitāsaṅgād daśāsyo mahān, ekaikavyasanād dhatā iti narāḥ, sarvair na ko naśyati? || 12 || > Through gambling the son of Dharma, through meat Baka here, through liquor the son of Yadu, / Śakra through adultery, through slaughtering deer that King Brahmadatta; / through theft Yayāti, through association with another’s woman the mighty ten-headed \[Rāvaṇa\]— / destroyed by a single vice each are these men: who would not perish through all of them? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 27.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.p10) - [Next: 27.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.p11) - [Up: 27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.27.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.12) · Pramāṇa