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# Simhasanadvatrimshika f2.16

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā f2.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [f2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.f2.16)

gauraveṣu pratiṣṭhāsu guṇeṣv ārādhyakoṭiṣu  
vṛthā 'pi ca nimajjanti doṣapaṅke svayaṃ striyaḥ. || 16 ||

> Amid dignities, distinctions, virtues, and myriads of worshipful things,  
> women nevertheless plunge vainly by themselves into the mire of faults. || 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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