[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.p2 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 12.p2 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 12.p2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.p2) etad vacanaṃ śrutvā purandaraḥ prāha: bho dhanada, upārjitaṃ dravyaṃ kasyāṃcid āpady upayogāya bhavatī 'ti yo vadati sa vicāraśūnyaḥ. yadā 'pada āyāsyanti, tado 'pārjitam api dhanaṃ naśyati. ato vivekinā puruṣeṇa gatasya śoka āgāmino 'rthasya ca cintā na kartavyā, paraṃ vartamānam eva vicāraṇīyam. tathā co 'ktam: > Hearing these words Purandara said: "Dhanada, he who says that 'goods acquired will be beneficial, when some calamity occurs' is lacking in good judgment. When calamities come, then the riches that have been laid up are lost also. Therefore the wise man is not grieved for the past nor distrest about the future, but he should rather attend only to the present. And thus it is said: > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.1) - [Next: 12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.2) - [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.p6) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.12.p2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.p2) · Pramāṇa