[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Story collections and fables](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories) › [Simhasanadvatrimshika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana) › 12.2 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 12.2 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 12.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.2) gataśoko na kartavyo, bhaviṣyaṃ nai 'va cintayet; vartamāneṣu kāryeṣu vartayanti vicakṣaṇāḥ. || 2 || > 2. One should not grieve for the past, nor be distrest about the future; the wise occupy themselves with the things of the present. What is to be, that will be, without any exertion; and what is (destined) to pass away, even thus will it pass away. And it is said: > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 12.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.p2) - [Next: 12.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.p3) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.12.p7) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.12.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.2) · Pramāṇa