त्यजैनं बलवान्कालो मा प्रतिज्ञां वृथा कृथाः। प्रतिज्ञायां हि नष्टायां धर्मो हि विलयं व्रजेत्।।।।
tyajainaṃ balavānkālo mā pratijñāṃ vṛthā kṛthāḥ| pratijñāyāṃ hi naṣṭāyāṃ dharmo hi vilayaṃ vrajet||||
English Meaning
Time is powerful; do not falsify your promise. Promise not carried out brings on the destruction of virtue.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)