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# Simhasanadvatrimshika f5.3

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā f5.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [f5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.f5.3)

jale tailaṃ khale guhyaṃ pātre dānaṃ manāg api,  
prājñe śāstraṃ svayaṃ yāti vistāraṃ vastuśaktitaḥ. || 3 ||

> Oil on water, a secret with a rogue, even a small gift to a worthy recipient, / and a learned treatise in a wise man, expands by itself through the inherent power of the object. || 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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