[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) › 30.p3 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 30.p3 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 30.p3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [30.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.30.p3) tathā ca smṛṭiḥ: > The wife who enters into the fire when her husband dies, imitating Arundhatī \[a star, regarded as the wife of one of the ‘Seven Rishis’ (the Dipper), and as a typical faithful spouse\] in her behavior, enjoys bliss in heaven. 3. Until a wife burns herself in the fire after the death of her husband, so long that woman can in no way be (permanently) freed from the body. 4. A woman who follows after her husband shall surely purify three families: her mother’s, her father’s, and that into which she was given (in marriage). And so: 5. Three and a half crores \[a crore is 10,000,000\] is the number of the hairs on the human body; so many years shall a wife who follows her husband dwell in heaven. 6. As a snake-charmer powerfully draws a snake out of a hole, so a wife draws her husband upward (by burning herself) and enjoys bliss with him. 7. A wife who abides by the law of righteousness (in burning herself) saves her husband, whether he be good or wicked; yes, even if he be guilty of all crimes. Furthermore, O king, a woman who is bereft of her husband has no use for her life. And it is said: 8. What profit is there in the life of a wretched woman who has lost her husband? Her body is as useless as a banyan tree \[? a cake ?\] in a cemetery. 9. Surely father, brother, and son measure their gifts; what woman would not honor her husband, who gives without measure? Moreover: 10. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 30.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.30.1) - [Next: 30.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.30.2) - [Up: 30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.30) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.30.p4.3) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.30.p3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.30.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.30.p3) · Pramāṇa