स हि प्राप्तं न जानीते कालं कालविदां वरः। विश्वामित्रो महातेजाः किं पुनर्यः पृथग्जनः।।4.35.8।।
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English Translation
कालविदाम् वरः a distinguished person among those who know the value of time, महातेजाः brilliant, सः that, विश्वामित्रः Visvamitra, प्राप्त कालम् right time, न जानीते did not know, यः he who, पृथग्जनः ordinary man, किं पुनः what else.
English Commentary
'If the brilliant and the most distinguished of those who knew the value of time did not realise the passing of time, what can be said of an ordinary person?