अनुबन्धानवेक्षेत सानुबन्धेषु कर्मसु ।
सम्प्रधार्य च कुर्वीत न वेगेन समाचरेत् ॥
anubandhān avekṣeta sānubandheṣu karmasu |
sampradhārya ca kurvīta na vegena samācaret ||
(Mahābhārata: 5.34.8; Vidura-nīti)
“One should act [only] after examining and deliberating upon the causes and effects of actions. One should not act out of impulse.”