[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) › f2.4 # Simhasanadvatrimshika f2.4 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā f2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [f2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.f2.4) kṣudrāḥ santi sahasraśaḥ svabharaṇavyāpārapūrodarāḥ; svārtho yasya parārtha eva, sa pumān ekaḥ satām agraṇīḥ; duṣpūrodarapūraṇāya pibati srotaḥpatiṃ vāḍavo, jīmūtas tu nidāghasaṃbhṛtajagatsaṃtāpavichittaye. || 4 || > Vile men are in the thousands, whose bellies are filled by the work of nourishing themselves; / he whose self-interest is only the welfare of others is the one foremost among the good: / the submarine fire drinks the lord of rivers to fill its hard-to-fill belly, / but the cloud does so to dispel the torment of the world heated by summer. || 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: f2.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.f2.p4) - [Next: f2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.f2.5) - [Up: f2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.f2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.f2.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Anyoktimuktāvali](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.anyokti.anyoktimuktavali.164) — Haṃsavijayagaṇi 1654, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.f2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.f2.4) · Pramāṇa