[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) › 27.5 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 27.5 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 27.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [27.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.5) brahmā yena kulālavan niyamito brahmāṇḍabhāṇḍodare, viṣṇur yena daśāvatāragahane kṣipto mahāsaṃkaṭe, rudro yena kapālapāṇipuṭako bhikṣāṭanaṃ sevate, sūryo bhrāmyati nityam eva gagane, tasmai namaḥ karmaṇe. || 5 || > By whom Brahmā was restrained like a potter inside the pot of the universe, > by whom Viṣṇu was thrown into the great dilemma of the wilderness of ten incarnations, > by whom Rudra, with a skull in the cup of his hand, attends to begging for alms, > and the sun wanders perpetually in the sky—obeisance to that Karma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 27.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.p3) - [Next: 27.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.p4) - [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.27.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Śatakatraya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.95) — Bhartṛhari (poet), Sanskrit - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.46.37) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.5) · Pramāṇa