Hitopdesh • Chapter 3 • Shloka 18
अरक्षितं तिष्ठति दैवरक्षितं
सुरक्षितं दैवहतं विनश्यति ।
जीवत्यनाथोऽपि वने विसर्जितः
कृतप्रयत्नोऽपि गृहे न जीवति ॥
That which is defended by Fate lives, although (otherwise) unprotected, and that which is smitten by fate perishes, although well-guarded. One without a protector and left in a desert, lives (when protected by fate), while one (doomed to die) does not live in a house, although well taken care of (lit. although efforts be made to save him).
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