[neeti-98]
मज्जत्वम्भसि यातु मेरुशिखरं शत्रूञ्जयत्वाहवेवाणिज्यं कृषिसेवने च सकला विद्याः कलाः शिक्षताम् ।आकाशं विपुलं प्रयातु खगवत्कृत्वा प्रयत्नं परंनाभाव्यं भवतीह कर्मवशतो भाव्यस्य नाशः कुतः ॥९८॥majjatvambhasi yātu meruśikharaṃ śatrūñjayatvāhavevāṇijyaṃ kṛṣisevane ca sakalā vidyāḥ kalāḥ śikṣatām |ākāśaṃ vipulaṃ prayātu khagavatkṛtvā prayatnaṃ paraṃnābhāvyaṃ bhavatīha karmavaśato bhāvyasya nāśaḥ kutaḥ ||98||
Translation
(To escape the result of Karma) Let one dive into the ocean; ascend the Meru mount; win over the enemies in a war! Let him master all learning like business, agriculture, and others! (all the sixty four arts even) Let him float all over the sky like a bird doing extreme effort. That which cannot happen cannot happen, as everything is a result of the past action. How can one even prevent what is going to happen?! ॥ 98 ॥