Subhashita - 01.07.2026

[Kalpana Muzumdar]

कालोऽभ्युपैति सकृदेव नरं कथंचित्

प्राप्नोति तं न स पुनः खलु कालकाङ्क्षी ।

कालेन गोचरगताननपेक्ष्य भक्ष्यान्

मन्दक्रमोऽप्यजगरः समुपैति सिद्धिम् ॥
kālo'bhyupaiti sakṛdeva naraṃ kathaṃcit
prāpnoti taṃ na sa punaḥ khalu kālakāṅkṣī |
kālena gocaragatānanapekṣya bhakṣyān
mandakramo'pyajagaraḥ samupaiti siddhim ||
After all, opportunity occurs to one but once ; (if one misses it) one might wish for it again, but never gets it. If a python discards the food that comes within sight at some time, that slow-moving python will only die.

Best Regards,
Kalpana Muzumdar