INOPPORTUNE TIME – अकाल:

SUBHASHITHANI:240

नाकाले म्रियते जंतुः विद्धः शरशतैरपि ।
कुशकंटकविद्धोऽपि प्राप्तकालो न जीवति ॥

na akAle mriyate jantuH viddhiH shara shatairapi ।
kusha kaNTakaviddho api prApta kAlo na jIvati ॥
Even if hundred arrows are thrown , if it is not the time , one will not die. 

However, if it is time up ,he will not live when pierced with a blade of kusa grass.
अकालो नास्ति धर्मस्य जीविते चञ्चले सति ।

गृहीतः इव केशेषु मृत्युना धर्ममाचरेत् ॥

Akaalo naasti dharmasya jeevito chanchale sati I

Gruheetah iva kesheshu mrutyunaa dharmamaacharet II

There is no inapportune  time for doing one’s duty (dharma) in this ever changing world .

 As though caught by the god of death (Yama) in the locks of hair follow dharma with out any postponement.

अप्राप्त-कालं वचनं बृहस्पतिर् अपि ब्रुवन्।

प्राप्नुयाद बुद्ध्यवज्ञान मपमानं च शास्वतम् IIHitopadesa

Even Bhruhaspati uttering a speech out of its season will be contemned as one 

wanting in discretion and meet with eternal disgrace.

दुर्जनैर् उच्यमानानि संमतानि प्रियाण्य् अपि।

अकाल-कुसुमानीव भयं संजनयंति हि॥Hitopadesa

Durjanair uchayamaanaani sam mataani priyaanyapi  I

Akaala-kusumaaneeva bayam samjanayanti hi II

Wicked people, even if what they say is pleasant and agreeable , it  only generates
 fear in wise men, like when flowers blossoming out of season.

अकाले कृत्यमारब्धं कर्तुर्नार्थाय कल्पते ।
तदेव काले आरब्धं महतेऽर्थाय कल्पते ॥Mahabharatam

Any work started at a wrong time will not bear fruit. While the same work started at the opportune time will bring  great results.

अकालचर्या विषमा च गोष्ठी कुमित्रसेवा न कदापि कार्या ।

पश्याण्डजं पद्मवने प्रसुप्तं धनुर्विमुक्तेन शरेण भिन्नम् ॥

Wandering at inopportune time, engaging with bad group, friendship with rogues should be avoided at all times. Look! In the forest , the sleeping birds were killed by the arrows of the hunter.

यथा वृक्षेषु वल्लीषु कुसुमानि फलानि च ॥
स्वकालं नातिवर्तंते तद्वत्कर्म पुराकृतम् ॥Skanda purana

Just as trees and plants bring forth flowers and fruits only at the appropriate time, the results of action done by one in previous births will fructify only at the opportune time.

कार्यमण्वपि काले तु कृत मेत्युपकारतां  I

महानप्यु पकारो अपि रिक्ततामेति अकालतः II

Kaaryamanvapi kale tu kruta metyupakaarataam I

Mahaanapyu pakaaropi riktataameti akaalatah II

An act of kindness, however small ,  done at the hour of need will be considered

 as a great help. But, even a huge help done at the wrong time will have no impact.

नाकालतो भानुरुपैति योगं 

नाकालतोऽस्तं गिरिमभ्युपैति ।
नाकालतो हीयते वर्धते च
चन्द्रः समुद्रोऽपि महोर्मिमाली  IIMaha bharatham

Na akaalato bhanurupaiti yogam 

Na akalato astam girim abhyupaiti I

Na akaalato heeyate vardhate cha  

Chandrah samudro api mahor mimaali II

The sun does not rise at the wrong time

Nor does it set at the wrong time

The moon waxes and wanes never at the wrong time

So also the high tide In  the ocean .

नबुद्धिशक्त्याऽऽध्ययनेनक्यं
प्राप्तुं विशेषं मनुजैरकाले।
मूर्खोऽपि चाप्नोति कदाचिदर्था
न्कालो हि सर्वं पुरुषस्यदाता।। Mahabharatham

In spite of intelligence and learning Men cannot  achieve great results if time is not favourable . If time is favourable,  even a fool may obtain undeserving wealth sometimes. It is time which decides what one gets and when.

कामधेनुगुणाविद्या ह्यकाले फलदायिनी ।
प्रवासे मातृसदृशी विद्या गुप्‍तं धनं स्मृतम् ॥चाणक्य नीति

kāmadhenuguṇāvidyā hyakāle phaladāyinī ।
pravāse mātṛsadṛśī vidyā gup‍taṃ dhanaṃ smṛtam ॥

Knowledge (vidyā) has the attributes of kāmadhenu (the celestial cow, that grants all wishes) and also gives fruit even in inopportune times. It’s like  a mother when away from home.  Knowledge is deemed as a hidden treasure.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH