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50 passagesयथैकेन न हस्तेन तालिका संप्रपद्यते । तथोद्यम-परित्यक्तं न फलं कर्मणः स्मृतम् ॥
Just as clapping does not occur with one hand, so the fruit of an action is not considered to arise when effort has been abandoned.
पश्य कर्म-वशात् प्राप्तं भोज्यकालेऽपि भोजनम् । हस्तोद्यमं विना वक्त्रे प्रविशेन् न कथञ्चन ॥
See: through the power of past action, food obtained even at mealtime would never enter the mouth without the effort of the hands.
तथा च-
And likewise:
उद्योगिनं पुरुष-सिंहम् उपैति लक्ष्मीर् दैवेन देयम् इति कापुरुषा वदन्ति । दैवं निहत्य कुरु पौरुषम् आत्म-शक्त्या यत्ने कृते यदि न सिध्यति को ऽत्र दोषः ॥
Fortune approaches the industrious man-lion; cowards say, “It is to be given by fate.” Having overcome fate, perform manly effort with your own strength. If success does not come when effort has been made, what fault is there in this?
तथा च- उद्यमेन हि सिध्यन्ति कार्याणि न मनोरथैः । न हि सुप्तस्य सिंहस्य विशन्ति वदने मृगाः ॥
And likewise: Works are accomplished through effort, not through wishful thinking; for deer do not enter the mouth of a sleeping lion.
Panchatantra
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