[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Sanskrit Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900) › c8.63 # A History of Sanskrit Literature c8.63 A History of Sanskrit Literature c8.63 - **Language:** English ### [c8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c8.63) \*Who has the power should give unto the needy,\* \*Regarding well the course of life hereafter:\* \*Fortune, like two chariot wheels revolving,\* \*Now to one man comes nigh, now to another.\* \*Ploughing the soil, the share produces nurture;\* \*He who bestirs his feet performs his journey;\* \*A priest who speaks earns more than one who’s silent;\* \*A friend who gives is better than the niggard.\* - [Previous: c8.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c8.62) - [Next: c8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c8.64) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c8.63) · Pramāṇa