[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) › 18.5 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 18.5 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 18.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.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. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 18.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.18.p5) - [Next: 18.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.18.p6) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.18) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.18.p6) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.18.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vikramārkacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.1-2) — Nandīśayāgnika, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.18.5) · Pramāṇa