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# Simhasanadvatrimshika f6.5

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā f6.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [f6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.f6.5)

vṛttaṃ vittaṃ balasyā 'ntaṃ svakulasyā 'pi lāñchanam,  
maranaṃ vā samīpasthaṃ kāmī loko na paśyati. || 5 ||

> Conduct, wealth, the exhaustion of strength, or disgrace to his own family, / or death standing close at hand—a man overwhelmed by passion sees none of these. || 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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