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# Simhasanadvatrimshika 4.5

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 4.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.5)

yuktiyuktam upādeyaṃ vacanaṃ bālakād api;  
viduṣā 'pi sadā grāhyaṃ vṛddhād api na durvacaḥ. || 5 ||

> Sensible advice should be accepted even from a child;  
> even a scholar should always receive it; bad advice is not \[to be taken\] even from an elder.’ || 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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