It is by favourable signs that the advisability of an action is determined upon. Learned men never act depending upon the words of a car maker. Taking all this into consideration it is not proper for us to enter into an encounter with Partha.
आनुकूल्येन कार्याणामन्तरं संविधीयते। भारं हि रथकारस्य न व्यवस्यन्ति पण्डिताः॥ परिचिन्त्य त पार्थेन संनिपातो न नः क्षमः।