[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) › 9.1 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 9.1 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 9.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.9.1) ye bālabhāve na paṭhanti vidyāṃ, kāmāturā yauvananaṣṭacittāḥ, te vṛddhabhāve paribhūyamānā dahyanti gātraṃ śiśire 'va padmaḥ. || 1 || > Those who do not study in childhood, / agitated by desire, their minds ruined in youth, / being despised in old age, / burn in body like a lotus in winter. || 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.9.p1) - [Next: 9.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.9.p2) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.9.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.109.50) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vikramārkacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-6) — Nandīśayāgnika, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.9.1) · Pramāṇa