[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.p6 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 27.p6 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 27.p6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [27.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.p6) rājño 'ktam: bho devadatta, tvam atīvaprājñaḥ; katham evam atipāpe dyūtakarmaṇi buddhiṃ karoṣi? teno 'ktam: prājño 'pi puruṣaḥ karmaṇā preryamāṇaḥ kiṃ na kariṣyati? tathā co 'ktam: kiṃ karoti naraḥ prājñaḥ preryamānaḥ svakarmabhiḥ? > The king said: "Sir, whoever you are, you are certainly a very intelligent man; how is it that you are so devoted to the serious vice of gambling?" Said he: "Even an intelligent man will do anything when driven by (the fatal power of his own past) deeds. And it is said: 8. What can even an intelligent man do, when driven by the power of his own deeds? For the minds of men are above all determined by their past deeds." > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 27.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.7) - [Next: 27.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.8) - [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.p8) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.27.p6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.p6) · Pramāṇa