Virtue is the refuge of the gods, and by virtue everything is acquired. Destiny thwarts not the man who has acquired virtue and righteousness.
देवानां शरणं पुण्यं सर्वं पुण्यैरवाप्यते। पुण्यशीलं नरं प्राप्य किं दैवं प्रकरिष्यति॥