Simhasanadvatrimshika 14.p4

14.p4

tac chrutvā rājā bhaṇati: bho yogin, sarvam etad anarthakam; atra daivam eva balavat. sudṛḍhīkṛte rājye sati sarvasāmagryāṃ satyāṃ pauruṣayukto 'pi puruṣo daivavaimukhyāt parābhavaṃ prāpnoti. tathā co 'ktam:

Hearing that, the king says: "O yogi, all this is pointless; here fate alone is powerful. Even when the kingdom has been made very firm and all resources are present, a man, though endowed with human effort, suffers defeat through the hostility of fate. And so it is said: