ASSIDUITY AND HARD WORK

SUBHASHITHAM : 052

 उद्यमेन हि सिद्ध्यन्ति कार्याणि न मनोरथैः।

न हि सुप्तस्य सिंहस्य प्रविशन्ति मुखे मृगाः ॥

udyamena hi siddhyanti kāryāṇi na manorathaiḥ|

na hi suptasya siṃhasya praviśanti mukhe mṛgāḥ ||

Only with assiduity and hard-work can goals be realised, not with mere day-dreams ;  Deers do not enter the mouth of a sleeping lion all on their own.

आलस्यं हि मनुष्याणां शरीरस्थो महारिपुः ।

नास्त्युद्यमसमो बन्धुः कृत्वा यं नावसीदति ॥

ālasyaṃ hi manuṣyāṇāṃ śarīrastho mahāripuḥ |

nāstyudyamasamo bandhuḥ kṛtvā yaṃ nāvasīdati ||

Lethargy is verily the greatest enemy residing in one's own body; there is no kith or kin comparable to industry, on doing which one does not perish or even repent.

न दैवमिति सञ्चिन्त्य त्यजेदुद्योगमात्मनः ।

अनुद्यमेन कस्तैलं तिलेभ्यः प्राप्तुमर्हति ?!

na daivamiti sañcintya tyajedudyogamātmanaḥ |

anudyamena kastailaṃ tilebhyaḥ prāptumarhati ?!

Deciding thus, (that everything is pre-ordained by) Fate, one may never abandon his/her own industry;(After all), who can wish to obtain oil from sesame seeds without putting in any effort?

योजनानां सहस्रं तु शनैर्गच्छेत् पिपीलिका ।

अचलन्वैनतेयोऽपि पदमेकं न गच्छति ॥

yojanānāṃ sahasraṃ tu śanairgacchet pipīlikā |

acalanvainateyo:'pi padamekaṃ na gacchati ||

Indeed, an ant may traverse the distance of several thousand miles, walking slowly; but, without moving, even Vainateya cannot advance a step forward!

यथा ह्येकेन चक्रेण रथस्य न गतिर्भवेत् I

तथा पुरुषकारेण विना दैवं न सिद्ध्यति II

Yatha hyekena chakrena rathasya na gatir bhavet I Tatha purushakaarena vina daivam na siddhayati II

Just as a chariot cannot move on one wheel, so without manly exertion, mere fate does not succeed.

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