यथागमं च यो राजा समयं च चिकीर्षति। बुध्यते सचिवैर्बुद्ध्या सुहृदश्चानुपश्यति।८।। धर्ममर्थ हि कामं वा सर्वान्वा रक्षसां पते। भजते पुरुषः काले त्रीणि द्वन्द्वानि वा पुनः॥
yathāgamaṃ ca yo rājā samayaṃ ca cikīrṣati| budhyate sacivairbuddhyā suhṛdaścānupaśyati|8|| dharmamartha hi kāmaṃ vā sarvānvā rakṣasāṃ pate| bhajate puruṣaḥ kāle trīṇi dvandvāni vā punaḥ||
English Meaning
The king that aided by his own intelligence as well as his counsellors act after reflection in consonance with the science of polity, that distinguish his friends from his foes), and, O lord of the Raksasas, that seasonably' pursue righteousness, or profit, or desire, or any two, or all these combined-truly has understanding.? 1. Religion is to be sought in the morning, profit in the afternoon, and desire at nigh, so the commentator. 2. One is at sea in the midst of these formless generalities. The tantalized intellect makes a desperate attempt to grasp the body of the shadow seeming substance, but the empty air mocks his pains. A translator, however, is fast bound to the oar and must pull on, will be, nil he.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)