O king, whatever act, a person who is not favoured by fate, does, it is baffled by fate, in spite of all his exertions to accomplish it.
दैवोपसृष्टः पुरुषो यत् कर्म कुरुते वचित्। कृतं कृतं हि तत्कर्म दैवेन विनिपात्यते॥