[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) › 12.9 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 12.9 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 12.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.9) vanāni dahato vahneḥ sakhā bhavati mārutaḥ; sa eva dīpanāśāya; kṛśe kasyā 'sti sauhṛdam? || 9 || > The wind becomes the friend of the fire as it burns forests; / that very same wind serves to extinguish a lamp; who has friendship with the weak? || 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.p8) - [Next: 12.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.p9) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.12.9) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Śārṅgadharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.sarngadharapaddhati.29.26) — Śārṅgadhara, Sanskrit - [Vikramārkacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.5.1) — Nandīśayāgnika, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.9) · Pramāṇa