'Zeal, perseverance, as also skillfulness and diplomacy, these have been declared by the learned me to be the principal expedients of accomplishing ends, which, again, are wholly dependent upon Destiny.'
रागो योगस्तथा दाक्ष्यं नयश्चेत्यर्थसाधकाः॥ उपाया: पण्डितैः प्रोक्तास्ते तु दैवमुपाश्रिताः।