[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) › 4.p10 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 4.p10 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 4.p10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.p10) tatra sabhyair bhaṇitam: bho rājan, ayaṃ bālaghātī punaḥ svarṇasteyī ca; ataḥ khādireṇa śūlena hantavyaḥ. anyair mantribhir uktam: imaṃ śatakhaṇḍaṃ kṛtvā tanmāṅsena gṛdhrebhyo balir dātavyaḥ. teṣāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā rajñā bhaṇitam: bhoḥ sabhyāḥ, ayaṃ mamā 'śritaḥ, puramārgapradarśanād upakārī ca; ataḥ satpuruṣeṇā 'śritānāṃ guṇadoṣacintā na kartavyā. tathā co 'ktam: > Thereupon the members of the assembly said: "O King, he is a murderer of a child and also a stealer of gold; therefore, he must be executed on a stake of khadira wood." Other ministers said: "Cutting him into a hundred pieces, an offering of his flesh should be given to the vultures." Hearing their words, the king said: "O members of the assembly, he is my dependant, and a benefactor because he showed the way to the city; therefore, a good man must not calculate the merits and faults of dependants. And so it is said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.8) - [Next: 4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.9) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.4.p10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.p10) · Pramāṇa