क्षिप्रमल्पो लाभश्चिरान्महानिति वा क्षिप्रमल्पो लाभः कार्यदेशकालसंवादकः श्रेयानित्याचार्याः ॥ कZ_०७.९.५० ॥
kṣipram alpo lābhaś cirān mahān iti vā kṣipram alpo lābhaḥ kārya-deśa-kāla-saṃvādakaḥ śreyān ity ācāryāḥ
‘A small gain quickly’ versus ‘a great gain after long delay’: the teachers hold that the small, quick gain is preferable when it fits the task, place, and time.
When speed better matches the operational context—what must be done, where, and when—so that the gain is usable and strategically relevant.