उपप्रदानं सान्त्वं च भेदं काले च विक्रमम्। योगं च रक्षसां श्रेष्ठ तावुभौ च नयानयौ॥ काले धर्मार्थकामान्यः संमन्य सचिवैः सह। निषेवेतात्मवाल्लोके न स व्यसनमाप्नुयात्॥
upapradānaṃ sāntvaṃ ca bhedaṃ kāle ca vikramam| yogaṃ ca rakṣasāṃ śreṣṭha tāvubhau ca nayānayau|| kāle dharmārthakāmānyaḥ saṃmanya sacivaiḥ saha| niṣevetātmavālloke na sa vyasanamāpnuyāt||
English Meaning
He that controlling his own self, consult with his counsellors seasonably touching gift, forbearance, difference and prowess, as well as virtue, profit and desire-does not in this world come by calamity.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)