कश्चिदाम्रवणं छित्त्वा पलाशांश्च निषिञ्चति। पुष्पं दृष्ट्वा फले गृध्नुः स शोचति फलागमे॥ अविज्ञाय फलं यो हि कर्म त्वेवानुधावति। स शोचेत् फलवेलायां यथा किंशुकसेचकः॥
kaścidāmravaṇaṃ chittvā palāśāṃśca niṣiñcati| puṣpaṃ dṛṣṭvā phale gṛdhnuḥ sa śocati phalāgame|| avijñāya phalaṃ yo hi karma tvevānudhāvati| sa śocet phalavelāyāṃ yathā kiṃśukasecakaḥ||
English Meaning
He that cutting down a mango grove, waters Palasa trees, beholding the flowers (blooming), will covet fruits; and grieve when their season arrives. The person that without apprehending (the principle of causation) rushed to action, grieves at the season of fruits, even like him that waters kinsuka trees (hewing down his mango grove). or are
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)