[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) › 4.7 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 4.7 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 4.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.7) prathamavayasi pītaṃ toyam alpaṃ smarantaḥ, śirasi nihitabhārā, nārikelā narāṇām salilam amṛtakalpaṃ dadyur ājīvitāntaṃ; na hi kṛtam upakāraṃ sādhavo vismaranti. || 7 || > 7. As cocoanut trees are mindful of the little water they drank > in their early youth, when they carried a heavy burden on their > heads, and so all their life long give to men a nectar-like fluid, so > the good never forget a kindness done.” > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 4.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.p7) - [Next: 4.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.p8) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.4.p6) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.4.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vikramārkacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.2.3-4) — Nandīśayāgnika, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.4.7) · Pramāṇa