पञ्चतंत्र - प्रयत्न

पश्य कर्मवशात् प्राप्तं भोज्यकालेऽपि भोजनम् ।
हस्तोद्यमं विना वक्त्रे प्रविशेन्न कथंचन ॥

- पञ्चतंत्र

pashya karmavashAt prAptam bhojyakAle api bhojanam।
hastodyamam vinA vaktre pravishenna kathanchana ॥

- panchatantra

Without action, there will be nothing in this world. Even when you sit to have food, the food will not enter your mouth without the work of the hands.

- Panchatantra