लोभमोहसमापन्नं न दैवं त्रायते नरम् ॥
यथाग्निः पवनोद्धूतः सूक्ष्मोऽपि भवते महान् ।
तथा कर्मसमायुक्तं दैवं साधु विवर्धते ॥
यथा तैलक्षयाद्दीपः प्रम्लानिमुपगच्छति ।
तथा कर्मक्षयाद्दैवं प्रम्लानिमुपगच्छति ॥
lobha-moha-samāpannaṁ na daivaṁ trāyate naram ||
yathāgniḥ pavanoddhūtaḥ sūkṣmo’pi bhavate mahān |
tathā karma-samāyuktaṁ daivaṁ sādhu vivardhate ||
yathā taila-kṣayād dīpaḥ pramlānim upagacchati |
tathā karma-kṣayād daivaṁ pramlānim upagacchati ||
(Mahābhārata: 13.6.42–44)
“Destiny does not save a person afflicted with greed and delusion. As even a small fire stoked by the wind becomes large, so destiny supported by karma greatly increases. As a lamp becomes extinguished as a result of the diminution of oil, so destiny becomes extinguished as a result of the diminution of karma.”