स्वयं कार्याणि यः काले नानुतिष्ठति पार्थिवः। स तु वै सह राज्येन तैश्च कार्यैर्विनश्यति॥
svayaṃ kāryāṇi yaḥ kāle nānutiṣṭhati pārthivaḥ| sa tu vai saha rājyena taiśca kāryairvinaśyati||
English Meaning
The king that dose not act at the proper time, finds destruction along with his kingdom and acts.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)