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कदर्थितस्यापि हि धैर्यवृत्तेर्न शक्यते धैर्यगुणः प्रमार्ष्टुम् ।अधोमुखस्यापि कृतस्य वह्नेर्नाधः शिखा याति कदाचिदेव ॥७६॥kadarthitasyāpi hi dhairyavṛtterna śakyate dhairyaguṇaḥ pramārṣṭum |adhomukhasyāpi kṛtasya vahnernādhaḥ śikhā yāti kadācideva ||76||
Translation
(COURAGE CANNOT BE DESTROYED BY DIFFICULTIES)
The quality of courage cannot be completely erased in man of courageous disposition, even if he is in the worst of circumstances. Even if the fire is made to face downwards, the flames never burn downwards. ॥ 76 ॥