The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.4

7.4

sidhyanti karmasu mahatv api yan niyojyāḥ
saṃbhāvanāguṇam avehi tam īśvarāṇām /
kiṃ vābhaviṣyadaruṇas tamasāṃ vibhettā
taṃ cet sahasrakiraṇo dhuri nākariṣyat //

All servants owe success in enterprise
To honour paid before the great deed's done;
Could dawn defeat the darkness otherwise
Than resting on the chariot of the sun?