Kālidāsa > Quotes

“Yesterday is but a dream,
Tomorrow is only a vision.
But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope.”
― Kālidāsa, The Complete Works of Kalidasa, Vol. 1: Poems

“Today well lived makes every yesterday a memory of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.”
― Kalidasa

“Hadapilah hari ini!
Inilah saatnya untuk menuntut hidup yang nyata,
Dalam rentang waktu yang pendek ini, kita mendapat kesempatan untuk:

Berkembang dengan gembira, bertindak dengan mulia.
Menciptakan keindahan yang mempesona,
Karena hari kemarin cuma mimpi dan hari esok cuma bayang-bayang.
Tapi bila hari ini kita jalani dengan baik, setiap hari kemarin akan menjadi mimpi yang indah.
Dan setiap hari esok menjadi bayang-bayang harapan.
Jadi manfaatkanlah hari ini sebaik-baiknya.”
― Kalidasa

“Ah, my wishes become hopes.”
― Kālidāsa, The Recognition of Sakuntala

“Misfortune finds the weak spot.”
― Kālidāsa, The Recognition of Sakuntala

“KING (to Sakuntala): O fair lady!
The tear drop that once stood
trembling on your lower lip
-and I watched uncaring, lost in delusion-
while it still clings to your gently-curving lashes,
I shall now wipe away, my beloved,
to free myself of remorse.”
― Kālidāsa, The Loom of Time: A Selection of His Plays and Poems

“Autumn
The autumn comes, a maiden fair
In slenderness and grace,
With nodding rice-stems in her hair
And lilies in her face.
In flowers of grasses she is clad;
And as she moves along,
Birds greet her with their cooing glad
Like bracelets' tinkling song.”
― Kālidāsa

“A thought is as vivid as an act, to a lover.”
― Kālidāsa, The Recognition of Sakuntala

“A bee may be born in a hole in a tree, but she likes the honey of the lotus.”
― Kālidāsa, The Recognition of Sakuntala

“Did the great Creator first draw her in a masterpiece,   (9) And then touch life into his art? Or did he make her in his mind alone, Drawing on beauty’s every part? No—considering her singular perfection And her maker’s true omnipotence, I suppose her some quite unique creation In femininity’s treasure house.”
― Kālidāsa, The Recognition of Sakuntala

“To be a king, is to be a disappointed man.”
― Kālidāsa, The Recognition of Sakuntala

“I recognise your body in liana; your expression in the eyes of a frightened gazelle; the beauty of your face in that of the moon, your tresses in the plumage of peacocks... alas! Timid friend- no one object compares to you.”
― Kālidāsa

“The mind of age is like a lamp Whose oil is running thin; One moment it is shining bright, Then darkness closes in.”
― Kālidāsa, The Recognition of Sakuntala

“A good man never lets grief get the upper hand. The mountains are calm even in a tempest.”
― Kālidāsa, The Recognition of Sakuntala

“Grief must be shared to be endured”
― Kālidāsa, The Recognition of Sakuntala

“It is just such women, selfish, sweet, false, that entice fools.”
― Kālidāsa, The Recognition of Sakuntala

“May kingship benefit the land,
And wisdom grow in scholars’ band;
May Shiva see my faith on earth
And make me free of all rebirth.”
― Kālidāsa, The Recognition of Sakuntala

“मेघस्यास्मिन्नतिनिपुणता बुद्धिभावः कवीनां
नत्वार्यायाश्चरणकमलं कालिदासश्चकार
(Now roam wherever you please in your glory, and may you not suffer even a moment apart from the light of your life.- Final sentence of final verse. ) # Freedom”
― Kālidāsa, The Meghadūta of Kālidāsa

“May lily-dotted lakes delight your eye; May shade-trees bid the heat of noonday cease; May soft winds blow the lotus-pollen nigh; May all your path be pleasantness and peace.”
― Kālidāsa, The Recognition of Sakuntala

“What is intended to be said, if left unsaid, becomes a matter of regret later.”
― Kālidāsa, The Loom Of Time

“बिना सच्चे प्रेम के स्त्रियों से चाहे कितने ही मीठे शब्दों में अनुनय-विनय क्यों न करें, किन्तु वह अनुनय-विनय स्त्रियों के मन में पैठती ही नहीं। ठीक वैसे ही जैसे ऊपर से चढ़ाया हुआ रंग मणि के अन्दर तक नहीं पैठता और कुशल जौहरी उसे चट पहचान लेते हैं।”
― Kālidāsa, Vikramovarshi (Sanskrit Classics)

“मनचाही वस्तु मिल जाने पर प्रतिकूल वस्तुएँ भी अनुकूल हो उठती हैं;”
― Kālidāsa, Vikramovarshi (Sanskrit Classics)

“I cannot taste the sweet, and cannot leave it.”
― Kālidāsa, The Recognition of Sakuntala

“कुमुद चन्द्रमा की किरणों से ही खिला करता है, सूर्य की किरणों से नहीं।”
― Kālidāsa, Vikramovarshi (Sanskrit Classics)

“etat kṛtvā priyam an|ucita|
prārthanā|vartmano me,
sau|hārdād vā vidhura iti vā
mayy anukrośa|buddhyā
iṣṭān deśān vicara, jala|da,
prāvṛṣā saṃbhṛta|śrīr;
mā bhūd evaṃ kṣaṇam api ca te
vidyutā viprayogaḥ!”
― Kālidāsa, The Meghadūta of Kālidāsa

“प्रचण्ड प्रेम बहुत असहिष्णु होता है।”
― Kālidāsa, Vikramovarshi (Sanskrit Classics)

“अपने मनोरथ पूरे होने से पहले यह रात जैसी सौगुनी लम्बी मालूम होती थी, यदि अब तुम्हारे मिल जाने पर भी यह वैसी ही लम्बी बनी रहे,”
― Kālidāsa, Vikramovarshi (Sanskrit Classics)

“O Cloud, in all the lands you choose,
gathering greater glory in the rains;
may you never be parted from the lightning
even for an instant.”
― Kalidasa, The Loom of Time: A Selection of His Plays and Poems

“I treated her with scorn and loathing ever; Now o’er her pictured charms my heart will burst: A traveller I, who scorned the mighty river, And seeks in the mirage to quench his thirst.”
― Kālidāsa, The Recognition of Sakuntala

“मेघस्यास्मिन्नतिनिपुणता बुद्धिभावः कवीनां
नत्वार्यायाश्चरणकमलं कालिदासश्चकार

The cloud is very skilled in this and the poets have a sense of intelligence
Kalidasa bowed at the lotus feet of Arya”
― Kālidāsa, The Meghadūta of Kālidāsa