When it is impossible for you to recover your prosperity and when you are without ministers and counsellors, such a course is open to you. Do you expect to reap any benefit by depending upon destiny?
असम्भवे श्रियो राजन् हीनस्य सचिवादिभिः। दैवे प्रतिनिविष्टे च किं श्रेयो मन्यते भवान्॥