[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.p2 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 31.p2 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 31.p2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [31.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.31.p2) dhyānavyājam upetya cintayasi kām, unmīlya cakṣuḥ kṣaṇam? paśyā 'naṅgaśarāturaṃ janam imaṃ trātā 'pi no rakṣasi! mithyā kāruṇiko 'si; nirghṛṇataras tvattaḥ kuto 'nyaḥ pumān? > ‘Under the pretext of meditation, whom are you thinking of? Opening your eyes for a moment, / look upon these people tormented by the arrows of the Bodiless One! Though a protector, you do not protect them! / You are falsely compassionate; what man could be more ruthless than you?’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 31.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.31.1) - [Next: 31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.31.2) - [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.p2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasasudhakara.4.2643.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.31.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.31.p2) · Pramāṇa