Words Well Worth 31: Slowly These Five Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

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!
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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