[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) › 5.4 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 5.4 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 5.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.5.4) ājñābhañgo narendrāṇāṃ viprāṇāṃ mānakhaṇḍanam, pṛthakśayyā ca llārīṇām aśastravadha ucyate. || 4 || > To break the commands of kings, to neglect to pay the honors due to brahmans, and to let women sleep alone, is declared to be the same as killing without a weapon. So reflecting I gave them to him." When the king heard his words he was greatly pleased, and gave the carrier of the gems the other five jewels. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 5.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.5.p5) - [Next: 5.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.5.p6) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.5) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.5.p4.4) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.5.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.5.4) · Pramāṇa