[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) › 28.2 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 28.2 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 28.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28.2) calā lakṣmīś calāḥ prāṇāś calo deho 'pi yauvanam, calācalaś ca saṃsāraḥ, kīrtir dharmaś ca niścalaḥ. || 2 || > Fortune is unsteady, life-breaths are unsteady, the body is unsteady, and even youth; / transient is the cycle of existence: only fame and righteousness are firm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 28.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28.p2) - [Next: 28.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28.p3) - [Up: 28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.28.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vṛddhacāṇakya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.canakyaniti*vrddha.5-20) — Sanskrit - [Vikramārkacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.1-2) — Nandīśayāgnika, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28.2) · Pramāṇa