[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) › 27.4 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 27.4 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 27.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [27.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.4) vātandolitapaṅkajacyutarajaḥpiṅgāṅgarāgojjvalo yaḥ śṛṇvan kalakūjitaṃ madhulihāṃ samjātaharṣotsavaḥ, kāntācañcupuṭāvalambitabisagrāsagrahe 'py akṣamaḥ, so 'yaṃ saṃprati haṃsako marugataḥ kaṣṭam tṛṇaṃ yācate. || 4 || > 1. Bees which were nourisht by the rutting-fluid upon the cheeks of elephants, and whose bodies were made fragrant by the pollen of full-blown lotuses, now pass their time every day upon (bitter) nimba and arka flowers, by the power of fate. 2. The bee that was once given to sporting in the fragrance of juicy mango and tālī flowers, now on the other hand, by the power of fate, wanders in an arka-grove filled with grasshoppers. 3. The royal swans which were nourisht in the midst of the dust from golden lotuses in the middle of the waves of the clear water of the Mandākinī, now every day sit in water that is choked by a net of çāivāla weed. And again: 4. This poor luckless swan, which was once brilliant with the tawny cosmetic of pollen that fell from lotuses stirred by the wind, and which was rejoist with great joy at hearing the gentle murmur of the bees, and which was (so delicately nurtured that it was) not even able to seize a bit of grass-stalk hanging from the pocket of its beloved's beak, now begs for grass, alas, in the wilderness. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 27.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.p2) - [Next: 27.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.p3) - [Up: 27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.27.p5) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.27.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.4) · Pramāṇa