कालः करोति कार्याणि काल एव विहन्ति च ।

करोमीति विहन्मीति मूर्खो मुह्यति केवलम् ॥ ३५६

Kalah karoti karyani kala eva vihanti cha ।

Karomiti vihanmiti murkho muhyati kevalam ॥

It is Time that does things and sets them at naught. It is just the delusion of the ignorant that he feels that he is getting his act together or setting it at naught.

युक्तियुक्तं वचो ग्राह्यं बालादपि शुकादपि ।

अयुक्तं नैव च ग्राह्यं साक्षादपि बृहस्पते ॥ ३५७

Yuktiyuktam vacho grahyam baladapi shukadapi ।

Ayuktam naiva cha grahyam sakshadapi bruhaspate ॥

One has to accept appropriate words even from a child or a parrot.

Never accept inappropriate words even if they are from Bruhaspati.

दीर्घप्रयासेन कृतं हि वस्तु निमेषमात्रेण भजेद् विनाशम् ।

कर्तुं कुलालस्य तु वर्षमेकं भेत्तुं  हि दण्डस्य मुहूर्तमात्रम् ॥ ३५८

Deerghaprayasena krutam hi vastu nimeshamatrena bhajed vinasham ।

Kartum kulalasya tu varshamekam bhettum hi dandasya muhurtamatram ॥

An object made with a lot of effort can get destroyed in a minute. A pot made by a potter over the year can be broken by a rod in a minute.

निपानमिव मण्डूकाः सरः पूर्णमिवाण्डजाः ।

सोद्योगं नरमायान्ति विवशाः सर्वसम्पदः ॥ ३५९

Nipanamiva mandukah sarah purnamivandajah ।

Sodyogam naramayanti vivashah sarvasamadah ॥

Just like frogs which go to puddles and birds which flock to a lake full of water,

fortunes helplessly go to the industrious man.

चरन् वै मधु विन्दति चरन् स्वादुमुदुमबरम् ।

सूर्यस्य पश्य श्रेमाणं यो न तन्द्रयते चरन् ॥ ३६०

Charan vai madhu vindati charan svadudumabaram ।

Suryasya pashya shremanam yon a tandrayate charan ॥

It is on the move that one gets honey Similarly, the tasty Udumbara fruit. Look at the distinction of the Sun who shows no lethargy in movement.