May 30th

Sanskrit Pearl of the day:
न कश्चिदपि जानाति किं कस्य श्वो भविष्यति ।
अतः श्वः करणीयानि कुर्यादद्यैव बुद्धिमान् ॥

Transliteration:
na kaścidapi jānāti kiṃ kasya śvo bhaviṣyati ।
ataḥ śvaḥ karaṇīyāni kuryādadyaiva buddhimān ॥

Meaning of the subhAShita:

No one knows what happens to whom tomorrow. Hence, the intelligent do tomorrow's work right now!

Commentary:

How many times has one said, "this job should be done 'now', but, will do it later". When that 'later' comes, there will be a job assigned for that 'later', while the 'now' job is still pending. So, start working on the 'now' job. Something will come up in between, that needs immediate attention. The 'later' job is pushed 'further later' because the 'now' job needs more time as well. Then something else interesting comes up. When that 'further later comes', the 'now' job is still not done, the 'later' job is still pending and now the 'further later' job is added on to the clutter! So on and so forth... This will turn into a vicious cycle and a constant battle against the clock! There is no peace of mind, not to speak of the lack of productivity and poor quality of work on top of all these.

The wise understand this very basic concept and never get themselves entrapped in such a situation. There can be innumerous, unforeseen circumstances in our day to day lives. No one can predict what is in store for tomorrow. Hence, the wise keep themselves ahead. They do tomorrow's job today and today's job right now!

Be wise. Do not procrastinate!

pada vigrahaH:
न कश्चित् अपि जानाति किं कस्य श्वः भविष्यति ।
na kaścit api jānāti kiṃ kasya śvaḥ bhaviṣyati ।

अतः श्वः करणीयानि कुर्यात् अद्य एव बुद्धिमान् ॥
ataḥ śvaḥ karaṇīyāni kuryāt adya eva buddhimān ॥

Alternate Transliteration:
na kashchidapi jaanaati kiM kasya shvo bhaviShyati ।
ataH shvaH karaNIyaani kuryaadadyaiva buddhimaan ॥

na kashchit api jaanaati kiM kasya shvaH bhaviShyati ।

ataH shvaH karaNIyaani kuryaat adya eva buddhimaan ॥