If success becomes impossible a person should remove the difficulties; when engaged in action, O king, he is freed from debts (whether he is successful or not).
असम्भवे त्वस्य हेतुः प्रायश्चित्तं तु लक्षयेत्। कृते कर्मणि राजेन्द्र तथानृण्यमवाप्नुते॥