A man of (good) act gains merits with good fortune, while and idler loses his estate, and reaps evil like the infusion of alkaline matter injected into a wound.
कृती सर्वत्र लभते प्रतिष्ठां भाग्यसंयुताम्। अकृती लभते भ्रष्टः क्षते क्षारावसेचनम्॥