Simhasanadvatrimshika 20.p4

20.p4

kiṃ ca: yat kāryaṃ kriyate, tad vicāryai 'va kartavyam; yasmin kārye phalaṃ svalpam, tan na kartavyam. rājā 'pi tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhaṇati: aho vaideśikāḥ, kim evam ucyate? yāvat puruṣeṇa pauruṣaṃ sāhasaṃ ca na kriyate, tāvat sarvaṃ durlabham. uktaṃ ca:

Moreover: whatever task is undertaken, it should be done only after reflection; a task in which the reward is trivial should not be undertaken.' Hearing their words, the king too said: 'O travelers, why do you speak thus? As long as a man does not exercise manly vigor and daring, everything is hard to attain. And it is said: