[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) › 3.p4 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 3.p4 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 3.p4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.3.p4) evaṃ sakalaguṇādhivāso vikramārko rājā sarvasaṃpadā paripūrṇa ekadā svamanasy acintayat: aho asāro 'yaṃ saṃsāraḥ; na jñāyate kadā kasya kiṃ bhaviṣyatī 'ti. ata upārjitaṃ dravyaṃ dānabhogair vinā saphalaṃ na bhavati. tasmād vittasya satpātre dānam eva phalam. anyathā nāśam eva prāpnoti. uktaṃ ca: > In fact the only value of wealth consists in giving it away to worthy persons. Otherwise it is simply wasted. And it is said: 5. Almsgiving, enjoyment, and waste are the three ways of applying money. For one who does not give alms nor spend it in enjoyment, only the third way is left. And so: 6. If one has wealth he should enjoy it and give it away, not hoard it; behold here how the wealth stored up by the bees is taken away by others. 7. Enjoy and give away your wealth; pay respect to those that deserve it, and do favors to the virtuous. Fortune is as unsteady as the flame of a lamp flickering in a very strong breeze. 8. Liberal giving is the real way to save the wealth one has acquired; it is like an outlet-valve for water stored up within a (dammed-up) pool." Thus reflecting he determined to make a sacrifice and give away all his property in fees. After the artisans had built a beautiful hall at his command, he collected all the materials for the sacrifice, and invoked the divine seers, the gandharvas, the yakṣas, the siddhas, and so on. And the brahmans assembled, and all the princes and kinsmen were summoned. At this time a certain brahman was sent out to the seashore to invoke the sea. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.3.4) - [Next: 3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.3.5) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.3) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.3.p4.2) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.3.p4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.3.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.3.p4) · Pramāṇa