[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) › 27.6 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 27.6 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 27.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [27.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.6) gajabhujaṃgavihaṃgamabandhanaṃ, śaśidivākarayor grahapīḍanam, matimatāṃ ca samīkṣya daridratāṃ, vidhir aho balavān iti me matiḥ. || 6 || > ‘Seeing the captivity of elephants, serpents, and birds, > the affliction by eclipse of the moon and the sun, > and the poverty of the intelligent, > my thought is: “Ah, Destiny is powerful!”’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 27.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.p4) - [Next: 27.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.p5) - [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.27.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.7.85) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.6) · Pramāṇa