Contingency are the unforseen situation which are unexpected during course of life or while carrying out any work. To meet up with these unexpected circumstances the business owners or the management of the company allocate certain funds. They make use of them, in crunch time.
This is what conveyed through these beautiful lines of Sanskrit.
एतदर्थे कुलीनानां नृपाः कुर्वन्ति सङ्ग्रहम्|
आदिमध्यावसानेषु न ते गच्छन्ति विक्रियाम्||
Etadarthe kuleenaanaam nrupaah kurvanti sangraham.
Aadimadhyaavasaaneshu na tey gacchanti vikriyaam.
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Etadarthe = for this purpose.
Kuleenaanaam = persons born in a noble and illustrious family.
Nrupaah = kings.
Kurvanti = do.
Sanghram = collection.
Aadi + madhya + avasaneh + tu.
Adi = beginning.
Madhya = the middle.
Avasaaneh = the end.
Tu = and, but.
Na = not
Tey = they.
Gacchanti = undergo.
Vikriyaam = undesirable and unexpected deterioration, failure.
The above lines state that A Persons born in noble and illustrious families and Kings collect and store wealth only for the purpose of meeting any contingency faced during the initial, middle or concluding stage of a project. There are chances of some unforeseen and undesirable circumstances that may otherwise result in the failure of the project.
In short, the lines highlights the modern concept of Management for making provision for a Contingency Fund while implementing any project.
This provision help the business to sustain longer and helps in growing. Not only business but we human should also learn from.these lines and keep some adequate funds in reserves for meeting unexpected needs. problems does not calls you before coming