Vyasa said, No one can acquire anything by his own deeds or by sacrifices and adoration. No man can give anything to another. Man gets everything through Time. The Great Ordainer has made the course of Time the instrument of acquisition.
व्यास उवाच न कर्मणा लभ्यते चिन्तया वा नाप्यस्ति दाता पुरुषस्य कश्चित्। पर्याययोगाद् विहितं विधात्रा कालेन सर्वं लभते मनुष्यः॥