[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) › 12.4 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 12.4 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 12.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.4) na hi bhavati yan na bhāvyaṃ, bhavati ca bhāvyaṃ vinā 'pi yatnena; karatalagatam api naśyati yasya hi bhavitavyatā nā 'sti. || 4 || > 3. What is destined to be, that just comes into being, like the milk of a cocoanut. What is destined to pass away, that is (as good as) gone, they say, like the wood-apple that the elephant ate. 4. For that will not come into being which is not destined to be; and it will come into being if it is destined to be, without raising a finger; and that which is not destined to belong to a man is lost to him, tho he hold it in the palm of his hand." > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.3) - [Next: 12.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.p4) - [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.p8) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.12.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.4) · Pramāṇa