If, O foremost of the good, it had existed, you wouldst not have come by any misfortune. But inasmuch as you have fallen into this plight, there is no such thing as virtue.
यदि सत्स्यात्सतां मुख्य नासत्स्यात्तव किंचन। त्वया यदीदृशं प्राप्तं तस्मात्तन्नोपपद्यते॥