[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) › 31.3 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 31.3 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 31.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.31.3) na viṣaṃ bhakṣayet prājño, na krīḍet pannagaiḥ saha, na nindyād yogivṛndāni, brahmadveṣaṃ na kārayet. || 3 || > 3. A wise man should not eat poison, nor play with serpents, nor > revile the companies of ascetics, nor antagonize brahmans. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 31.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.31.p4) - [Next: 31.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.31.p5) - [Up: 31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.31) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.31.p8) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.31.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vikramārkacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.2-3) — Nandīśayāgnika, Sanskrit - [Kathākusumamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.kathakusumamanjari.2.36) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.31.3) · Pramāṇa