Simhasanadvatrimshika 18.5
Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 18.5
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- Sanskrit
18.5
na svalpasya kṛte bhūri nāśayen matimān naraḥ;
etad eva hi pāṇḍityaṃ, yat svalpād bhūrirakṣaṇam. || 5 ||
5. A wise man should not risk what is important for the sake of what is unimportant. For just in this wisdom consists, that the important is saved by (losing) the unimportant.
Translations (2)
- Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (1)
- Vikramārkacaritra — Nandīśayāgnika, Sanskrit