№ 01 India
The Sleeping Lion
उद्यमेन हि सिध्यन्ति कार्याणि न मनोरथैः। न हि सुप्तस्य सिंहस्य प्रविशन्ति मुखे मृगाः॥
udyamena hi sidhyanti kāryāṇi na manorathaiḥ / na hi suptasya siṃhasya praviśanti mukhe mṛgāḥ
Why a Sanskrit verse says deer do not walk into a sleeping lion's mouth — and how a Hebrew, a Mandarin, and a Yiddish saying agree, then quarrel, over whether effort is really what accomplishes things.