[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) › 28.4 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 28.4 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 28.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28.4) arthāḥ pādarajopamā, girinadīvegopamaṃ yauvanaṃ, mānuṣyaṃ jalabindulolacapalaṃ, phenopamaṃ jīvitam; dharmaṃ yo na karoti niścalamatiḥ svargārgalodghāṭanaṃ, paścāttāpahato jarāparinataḥ śokāgninā dahyate. || 4 || > Wealth is like the dust of the feet, youth is like the rushing torrent of a mountain river, / humanity is as wavering and fleeting as a water drop, life is like foam; / he who, with an unsteady mind, does not practice righteousness, which unbolts the gates of heaven, / stricken by remorse and worn down by old age, burns in the fire of grief.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 28.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28.p4) - [Next: 28.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28.p5) - [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.28.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.2954) — Sanskrit - [Hitopadeśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.1.148) — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Rājanītiśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.rajanitisastra.6.4) — Cāṇakya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28.4) · Pramāṇa