[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) › 31.7 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 31.7 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 31.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [31.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.31.7) yaddhastena sadā 'śnanti havyāni tridivaukasaḥ, kavyāni cai 'va pitaraḥ, kiṃ bhūtam adhikaṃ tataḥ? || 7 || > Through whose hand the gods always eat the sacrificial oblations, > and the ancestors indeed the ancestral offerings—what living being is greater than them? || 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 31.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.31.p8) - [Next: 31.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.31.p9) - [Up: 31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.31) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.31.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Itihāsasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.itihasasamuccaya.28.127) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.31.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.31.7) · Pramāṇa