Kavyashastravinodena (Sanskrit Saying for the Wise!)
Channel: garu2000
Date: 2012-05-01

Prof. Tuppil Venkatacharya, Professor Emeritus of Sanskrit, University of Toronto, Canada.  88 Years Old.

Kavyashastravinodena is an ancient Sanskrit saying that aptly describes what learned people do with their time (study the arts & sciences), in contrast to what fools do (sleep, scheme trouble, and fight with others!).

Watch and Listen how he intersperses English translations of this ancient saying with precise recitations of the original Sanskrit text.  I just love the way he describes this prose, without any hesitation, and a clarity that can only be revered and respected.  Not too many people can do this at any age, and certainly very few, if not anyone at all, at nearly 90 years of age!

Literal Translation below (with Devanagiri - Sanskrit text):
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काव्यशास्त्रविनोदेन कालो गच्छति धीमताम्।
व्यसनेन च मूर्खाणां निद्रया कलहेन वा॥

kāvyaśāstravinodena kālo gacchati dhīmatām |
vyasanena ca mūrkhāṇāṁ nidrayā kalahena vā ||

Meaning:
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The time of the wise passes by entertainment with arts and sciences,
that of the foolish goes by troubles, sleep or quarrel.

(Thanks to Father's student, Dr. Damodhar Godse for the accurate Sanskrit text and transliteration above.)