Words Well Worth 31: Slowly These Five

Slowly's sliced journey's length, Slowly is stitched quilt's strength, Slowly is climbed mount's crest, Slowly, studies sans haste, Slowly would wealth arrive, Slowly, slowly these five! ______________________________________________________ Transliteration of the subhāśhita along with the meanings of Sanskrit words seriatim is given as under: shanaih panthāh shanaih kanthāh shanaih parvata-mastake | shanaih vidyā shanaih vittam pancha etāni shanaih shanaih || Note the alliteration, rhymes, euphony created by word sounds. shanaih: slowly; slowly and steadily; panthāh: (is)the road (walked ahead) , the journey taken; shanaihkanthāh: slowly (is)the quilt (stitched together): shanaih parvata-mastake: slowly on a mountain crest/hilly top; shanaih vidyāh: slowly (do we)learn and study; shanaih vittam: slowly (we make our)wealth; pancha etāni:these five; shanaih shanaih: slowly, (only but)slowly Topic: journey