Tuesday, January 13, 2015

What's duly his, a man receives

प्राप्तव्यमर्थं लभते मनुष्यो
देवोऽपि तं लङ्घयितुं न शक्तः ।
तस्मान्न शोचामि न विस्मयो मे
यदस्मदीयं न हि तत्परेषाम् ॥
- पञ्चतन्त्रम्

What's duly his, a man receives;
This law not even God can break;
My heart is not surprised, nor grieves;
For what is mine, no strangers take.

- translated by Arthur W. Ryder