[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.p9 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 12.p9 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 12.p9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.p9) ato dāridryān maraṇam eva varam. uktaṃ ca: > Therefore death is better than poverty. And it is said: 10. 'Arise, my friend, and carry for just a moment the burden of my poverty, that poor weary I may at last enjoy the happiness that death has brought you!' Hearing this cry of a povertystricken wretch, the corpse in the graveyard held its peace, knowing well that death is much better than poverty. And so: 11. Hail to you, Poverty! By your grace I am become a magician! For tho I can see everybody, no man can see me at all. Again: 12. Dead is a poor man; dead is conjugal intercourse that leads not to children; dead is a gift to one that is not learned in the Sacred Word; dead is a sacrifice without a sacrificial fee." > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.9) - [Next: 12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.10) - [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.p10) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.12.p9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.12.p9) · Pramāṇa