Can a person by Mantras, strength, energy, wisdom, prowess, behaviour, conduct, or wealth, acquire that which has not been ordained to be acquired by him? What sorrow then is there if a person cannot acquire that which he seeks at heart.
न मन्त्रबलवीर्येण प्रज्ञया पौरुषेण च। न शीलेन न वृत्तेन तथा नैवार्थसम्पदा। अलभ्यं लभते मर्त्यस्तत्र का परिदेवना॥