[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) › 8.4 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 8.4 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 8.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.8.4) śatam api śaradānāṃ jīvitaṃ dhārayitvā śayanam adhiśayānaḥ sarvathā nāśam eti; sulabhavipadi dehe sarvalokaikanindye na vidadhati mamatvaṃ ye hi lokojjvalās te. || 4 || > 4. Tho one extend his life to cover a hundred autumns, he must > in any case meet death, even lying in his bed. So the men who > do not practise selfishness with their bodies, which are the chief > disgrace of the whole world, being so easily subject to destruction, > they are the light of the world. Moreover: > 5. Ever and ever worn by disease, ever and ever the home of > sorrow, ever nigh unto death is this body-cage of mortals. > 6. Truly, those men of righteous deeds who, setting at naught > their selfish advantage, have held the body valueless, are the > ones who have gathered the fruit of this life.” > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 8.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.8.p5) - [Next: 8.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.8.p6) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.8) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.8.p7) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.8.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vikramārkacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-5) — Nandīśayāgnika, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.8.4) · Pramāṇa