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# Simhasanadvatrimshika f2.18

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā f2.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [f2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.f2.18)

na vairāgyāt paraṃ bhāgyaṃ, na bodhād aparaṃ sukham,  
na harer aparas trātā, na saṃsārāt paro ripuḥ. || 18 ||

> There is no fortune higher than dispassion, no joy other than enlightenment,  
> no other protector than Hari, no greater enemy than worldly existence. || 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.f2.18) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Vikramārkacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.8) — Nandīśayāgnika, Sanskrit
- [Kathākusumamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.kathakusumamanjari.2.33) — Sanskrit

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