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# Simhasanadvatrimshika f5.2

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā f5.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [f5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.f5.2)

na viṣaṃ viṣam ity āhur, brahmasvaṃ viṣam ucyate;  
viṣam ekākinaṃ hanti, brahmasvaṃ putrapautrakam. || 2 ||

> They say that poison is not \[true\] poison; property belonging to a brahmin is called poison; / poison kills only a single person, \[but\] property belonging to a brahmin kills sons and grandsons. || 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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