Bhishma said If one, by performing arduous works, fails to acquire wealth, he should then practise severe austeritics. Unless seeds be sown, no crops appear.
भीष्म उवाच ईहमानः समारम्भान् यदि नासादयेद् धनम्। उग्रं तपः समारोहेन ह्यनुप्तं प्ररोहति॥