[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.p5 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 18.p5 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 18.p5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [18.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.18.p5) striyai guhyaṃ na nivedanīyam; bhaviṣyacintā na kāryā; vairiṇām api hitam eva cintanīyam; dānādhyayanādi vinā divasaṃ vandhyaṃ na kuryāt; pitroḥ sevā kāryā; coraiḥ saha saṃbhāṣaṇaṃ na kāryam; sarvadā niṣṭhuram uttaraṃ na vaktavyam; alpanimittaṃ bahu na hāraṇīyam. uktaṃ ca: > Tell no secrets to women; have no worries about the future; think only pleasantly even of your enemies; let no day be wasted, without alms or study or the like; honor your parents; do not converse with thieves; never return a harsh answer. Do not put great things in hazard for the sake of small ones. And it is said: > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.18.4) - [Next: 18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.18.5) - [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.p5) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.18.p5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.18.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.18.p5) · Pramāṇa