Verse attributed to Kalidasa

[Valerie J Roebuck]

Where does this come from?  (Presumably the last word of line one
should be 'hyastanam'?)

Valerie J Roebuck
Manchester, UK

At 9:37 pm -0500 8/4/04, Timothy C. Cahill wrote:
>Dear Don, Allen, et al,
>
>    I meant to send this in one week back about the verse below:
>
>>  Look to this day! For yesterday is but a dream
>>  And tomorrow is only a vision
>>  But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness
>>  And tomorrow a vision of hope.
>>  Look well, therefore, to this day!
>
>pazyantv enaM dinaM sarve  svapnam eva tu hystanam /
>
>jIvaM kRtvAdya dharmeNa  bhuNkte pUrvaM sadA purA  //
>
>(Apologies for the potentially faulty transliteration!)
>
>best,
>Tim Cahill