[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) › 5.p2 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 5.p2 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 5.p2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.5.p2) yadi cet prayojanam asti, tarhi teṣāṃ maulyaṃ kṛtvā gṛhyatām. tato rajñā ratnaparīkṣakair ekaikasya ṣaṭkoṭisuvarṇaṃ maulyaṃ kāritam, tāvat suvarṇaṃ tasmai vanije dattam, tena saha kaścid viśvāsī bhṛtyaḥ preṣitaḥ, uktaṃ ca. bho maṇihāra, aṣṭānāṃ vāsarāṇāṃ madhye ratnāni gṛhītvā 'yāsi cet, ucitaṃ tava dāsyāmi. teno 'ktam: devā 'ṣṭānāṃ divasānāṃ madhya eva caraṇau drakṣyāmi; anyathā ced daṇḍyo 'ham. evam uktvā sa maṇihāras tena vaṇijā saha tannagaraṃ gataḥ: tena tāni daśaratnāni dattāni. tāni ratnāni gṛhītvā mārge yāvad āgacchati, tāvan mahatī vṛṣṭir āsīt. tayā vṛṣtyo 'bhayataṭaparipūrṇā nady ekā pravahati sma. tata uttaratīraṃ gantum aśaknuvaṅs tatra taṭe sthitaṃ nāvikam avadat: bhoḥ karṇadhāra, mām imāṃ nadīṃ uttāraya. teno 'ktam: bhoḥ pathika, adyai 'ṣā nadī velām atikramya vartate, katham uttāryate? anyac ca: mahānadyuttaraṇaṃ buddhimatā varjanīyam. tathā co 'ktam: > So, being unable to cross to the farther bank, he said to a boatman who was standing there on the shore: “Oarsman, take me across this river.” He replied: “Traveler, today this river is overflowing its banks; how can it be crost? Moreover, a wise man should avoid crossing a swollen river. And thus it is said: 1. It is well to avoid carefully the crossing of a great river, enmity with a great man, and a strife with a great crowd of men. Also: 2. One should under no circumstances put confidence in the actions of women, in a swollen river-crossing, in a king’s favor, in the friendship of a serpent, or in the love of merchant.” The carrier of the gems said: “Oarsman, tho what you say is true, my business is important, and an exception prevails over the rule. And thus it is said: 3. An exception shall of course prevail as against the general rule; or the first may be said regularly to annul the second. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 5.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.5.p1) - [Next: 5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.5.1) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.5) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.5.p4.2) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.5.p2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.5.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.5.p2) · Pramāṇa