[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.p3 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 6.p3 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 6.p3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.p3) ityādinānāvidhatarukusumopaśobhite tasmiñ chṛñgāravana indranīlakhacitabhittiramaṇīyacandrakāntaśilānirmitāñgaṇe nānāvidhadhūpavāsite krīḍāgṛhe padminīprabhṛticaturvidhavanitābhir vastratāmbūlapuṣpābharaṇālaṃkṛtābhiḥ saha raja ciraṃ krīḍām akārṣīt. tadvanasamīpe caṇḍikāyatanam ekam āsīt. tatra kaścid brahmacārī sthitaḥ. rājānaṃ tatrā 'gataṃ vilokya svamanasy acintayat: aho tapaḥ kurvatā mayā janma vṛthai 'va nīyate; svapne 'pi kiṃcit sukhaṃ nā 'nubhūtam; yāvajjīvaṃ kaṣt.ena kālaṃ nītvā mṛtas tapaḥphalaṃ bhuñkta iti ko vicāraḥ? anyair ucyate, yad viṣayasukhaṃ tad duḥkhānuviddhaṃ buddhimatā pariharaṇīyam iti; tad eṣā mūrkhavicāraṇā. uktaṃ ca: > When he saw the king come to that place, he reflected in his heart: "All to no purpose do I spend my life thus in the practice of asceticism. I have tasted no happiness, not even in dreams. What manner of argument is it that after spending one's time in misery all one's life, one shall enjoy the fruits of ascetic practice when dead? Some say that sensual pleasure is mixt with pain, and so should be avoided by a wise man; but this is a fool's idea. And it is said: 3. It is a fool's idea that the joys that come to men from association with objects of sense must be avoided because pain is connected with them. Who, pray, that has his own interests at heart, would throw away rice, rich in fine white kernels, because it is mixt with some particles of their husks? Therefore even at the expense of great trouble one should certainly enjoy the pleasures of (the love of) women, a happiness which is the cream of this round of existence. And it is said: 4. In this unprofitable round of existence the best thing of all is a gazelle-eyed woman. For her sake men seek after wealth, and without her what is the use of wealth? 5. 'In this unprofitable round of existence the best thing of all is a fair-hipt woman;' it was with this thought in mind, I ween, that Çambhu \[Çiva\] took his beloved upon his lap. Now King Vikramārka has come hither. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.2) - [Next: 6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.3) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.6.p4.2) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.6.p3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.p3) · Pramāṇa