The prosperity of men, as also their downfall, originates of itself. Prosperity and adversity, and greatness, all originate from weakness of understanding.
अकस्मात् प्रक्रिया नृणामकस्माच्चापकर्षणम्। शुभाशुभे महत्त्वं च प्रकर्तुं बुद्धिलाघवम्॥