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# Simhasanadvatrimshika f7.p2

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā f7.p2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [f7.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.f7.p2)

tasminn avasare mantriputreṇa buddhisāgareṇa bhaṇitam: bho jayapāla, adyā 'kheṭārthaṃ mā gaccha; mahad apaśakunaṃ dṛśyate. tato jayapālena bhaṇitam: bhavatv asyā 'paśakunasya pratītir adya nirīkṣaṇīyā. teno 'ktam: bho rājakumāra, buddhimatā puruṣeṇā 'niṣṭasyā 'paśakunasya pratyayo na draṣṭavyaḥ. uktaṃ ca:

> On that occasion, the minister's son Buddhisāgara said: 'O Jayapāla, do not go hunting today; a great ill omen is seen.' Then Jayapāla said: 'Let it be; the proof of this ill omen should be witnessed today.' He replied: 'O prince, an intelligent man should not test the reality of an inauspicious ill omen. And it is said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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