[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.p4 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 27.p4 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 27.p4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [27.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.p4) rājñā bhaṇitam: ko bhavān? teno 'ktam: ahaṃ dyūtakāraḥ. rājno 'ktam: tvaṃ dyūtakrīḍāṃ jānāsi kim? teno 'ktam: dyūtaviṣaye 'ham eva vicakṣaṇaḥ. anyac ca: sārīkrīḍāṃ jānāmi. paraṃ daivam eva balavat. uktaṃ ca: > The king said: "Who are you, sir?" He replied: "I am a gambler." The king said: "Do you understand the game of dice?" He said: "In the matter of dice I am decidedly proficient, and I also know sārī-krīḍā \[a game related to chess\], but fate alone controls. And it is said: 6. When I see how elephants, serpents, and birds are caught, how the sun and the moon are subject to eclipse, and how wise men are paupers, my thought is: 'Ah, how powerful is fate!' And so: 7. Fair form has no effect, nor noble origin, nor good character, nor even knowledge, nor divine service paid with however great zeal. The merited good fortune which a man accumulates thru the penance he has performed, bears fruit for him in time, like trees." > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 27.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.5) - [Next: 27.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.6) - [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.p7) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.27.p4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.p4) · Pramāṇa