[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) › 6.3 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 6.3 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 6.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.3) tyājyaṃ sukhaṃ viṣayasaṃgamajanma puṅsāṃ duḥkhopasṛṣṭam iti mūrkhavicāraṇai 'ṣā; vrīhīn apāsyati sitottamataṇḍulāḍhyān ko nāma tattuṣakaṇopahitān hitārthī? || 3 || > ‘Pleasure born from the contact of sense objects is to be abandoned by men > because it is touched by suffering’—this is the reasoning of fools. > What person seeking his own benefit would cast away rice grains > rich with excellent white kernels, just because they are covered with husks? || 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.p3) - [Next: 6.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.p4) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.6.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.3) · Pramāṇa