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# Simhasanadvatrimshika f6.14

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā f6.14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [f6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.f6.14)

alaktako yathā rakto niṣpīḍya puruṣas tathā  
abalābhir balād raktaḥ pādamūle nipātyate. || 14 ||

> Just as red lac dye, squeezed out, is cast down at the foot, / so a man, drained of affection, is forcibly cast down at their feet by women. || 14  
> — 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.f6.14) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Textus simplicior](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra*simplicior.1.156) — Sanskrit

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