Mahabharata 10.2.31

10.2.31

te vayaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ ca gāndhārīṃ ca sametya ha |
upapṛcchāmahe gatvā viduraṃ ca mahāmatim || 31 ||

A man that is stupefied himself should ask counsel of his friends. In such friends he hath his understanding, his humility, and his prosperity. One's actions should have their root in them. That should be done which intelligent friends, having settled by their understanding, should counsel. Let us, therefore, repair to Dhritarashtra and Gandhari and the high-souled Vidura and ask them as what we should do. Asked by us, they will say what, after all this, is for our good. We should do what they say. Even this is my certain resolution. Those men whose acts do not succeed even after the application of exertion, should, without doubt, be regarded as afflicted by destiny."