क्लीबाः हि दैवमैवेकं प्रशंसन्ति न पौरुषम्

क्लीबाः हि दैवमैवेकं प्रशंसन्ति न पौरुषम्।

दैवं पुरुषकारेण घ्नति शूराः सदोद्यमाः॥

इन्दिश्चे स्प्रूचे ३९८९ अग्निपुराणे॥

klībāḥ hi daivamaivekaṁ praśaṁsanti na pauruṣam|

daivaṁ puruṣakāreṇa ghnati śūrāḥ sadodyamāḥ||

indiśce sprūce 3989 agnipurāṇe||

“दैवं पुरुषकारेण daivam purshakaarena” ..is an adage in Sanskrit with eternal relevance. Fate and serendiipty should be countered applying hard work and initiative.

The slokam is located to Agni Puranam in my persisitent reading. But I have no doubt that the same couple would be found in another dozen of texts. The message is more important that the source.

Only weaklings, only those lack manliness would just live on their life facing setbacks and misfortunes, attributing such reversals to fate or bad luck. They would ever heap praises on luck and chance. They cannot think of taking some initiative and think and talk in approval of concerted action, persistent hardwork.

However, men of character, the bold, strong persons who never turb their backs from hard labour, men with initiative, real heroes, just stand up and face the vagaries of fate, and ultimately destroy the effects of adverse fate and come out successful.

This quote is too great.. though you may think it is clched

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क्लीबाः weaklings, people with no strength of mind or character, also could mean people with no manliness ( here it is not intended to look down upon unfortunate beings who are deficient in manliness for genetic reasons) हि alone दैवं एकं एव only and exclusinvely fate or chance or luck alone प्रशंसन्ति..praise पौरुषं concerted action with continude hardwork न प्रशंसन्ति..does not appove of as the path for achievemnt सदा ever, uninterruptedly उद्यमाः engaged in well directed, positive action, having infinite initiative शूराः the heroes, people with strong mind and character and initiative दैवं पुरुष कारेण labour, action applying hard work befitting a human being घ्नन्ति. Defeat, destroy.