Friday, February 13, 2015

As you sow, so shall you reap

यथा धेनुसहस्रेषु
वत्सो विन्दति मातरम् ।
तथा पूर्वकृतं कर्म
कर्तारमनुगच्छति ॥
- पञ्चतन्त्रम्
- चाणक्यनीतिः

Even in a herd of thousands of cows, a calf recognizes its mother easily. In the same way, all previous deeds always follow the doer.

A Translation by Arthur W. Ryder is as follows.

A calf can find its mother cow
Among a thousand kine.
So good or evil done, returns
And whispers: 'I am thine'