[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.p3 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 27.p3 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 27.p3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [27.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.p3) api ca: karmaṇā niyamito janaḥ kiṃ kaṣṭaṃ na prāpnoti? tathā co 'ktam: > Moreover, if a man is opprest by (the result of his own previous) deeds, what misery does he not suffer? And thus it is said: 5. Homage be to Deed \[karma\], which like a potter holds Brahmā fast in the pot of the universe; which has thrown Viṣṇu into a very strict confinement, from which he cannot escape because of his ten incarnations; which makes Çiva go a-begging with a skull in the hollow of his hand; and which causes the sun to wander eternally in the sky." > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 27.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.4) - [Next: 27.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.5) - [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.p6) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.27.p3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.p3) · Pramāṇa