[subhāṣita/apophthegm] Up or Down? It is upto you!

[Vyom A. Shah]

व्रजत्यधोऽधो यात्युच्चैर्नरः स्वैरेव कर्मभिः।

खनितेव हि कूपस्य प्रासादस्येव कारकः॥

[व्रजति। अधः। अधः। याति। उच्चैः। नरः। स्वैः। एव। कर्मभिः।

खनिता। इव। हि। कूपस्य। प्रासादस्य। इव। कारकः॥]

{vrajatyadho'dho yātyuccairnaraḥ svaireva karmabhiḥ.
khaniteva hi kūpasya prāsādasyeva kārakaḥ..}

A person ascends or descends through their own actions, just as a well-digger moves downward and a palace-builder rises upward.

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This verse is from

Text name: Candralekhāvijaya Prakaraṇa

Author of text: Devacandragaṇī

Text description: A prakaraṇa rūpaka based on the victory of Candralekh. Edited by Pradyumnavijayajī.

[Vyom A. Shah]

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यात्यधोऽधो व्रजत्युच्चैर्नरः स्वैरेव कर्मभिः।

कूपस्य खनिता यद्वत् प्राकारस्येव कारकः॥

सुहृद्भेदे ४६