Hitopdesh • Chapter 1 • Shloka 31
अन्यच्च । उद्योगिनं पुरुषसिंहमुपैति लक्ष्मीर्दैवेन
देयमिति कापुरुषा वदन्ति ।
दैवं निहत्य कुरु पौरुषमात्मशक्त्या
यत्ने कृते यदि न सिध्यति कोऽत्र दोषः ॥
Moreover, Fortune approaches him, the lion among men, who is industrious. It is the weak-minded who say, "Fate gives". Dismissing all idea about (lit., killing) fate, put forth manly efforts depending upon your own strength; and if, after an exertion is made, success does not attend, where is the blame (i.e., you are not to blame; or find out where the fault lay)?
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