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# Simhasanadvatrimshika 3.16

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 3.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.3.16)

suhṛtsu śubhadaṃ nityam utsaveṣu vibhūṣaṇam  
ratnādi; devatātuṣṭir bhūṣaṇasyā 'pi dhāraṇāt. || 16 ||

> even the gods take pleasure in the wearing of ornaments.” Thus a quarrel among the four ensued. Then the brahman went back to the king and told him what had occurred among them. And hearing this the king gave that brahman all four jewels.  
> — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne

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## Translations (2)

- [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.3.p4.6) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.3.16) — English, machine translation

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