Note 4 — Chapter XCVI · (Vetála 22.)
C. H. (Charles Henry) Tawney translation
So, if Fate be not propitious, an accomplishment, though painfully acquired, not only does not bring prosperity, but actually brings destruction. For the tree of valour only bears fruit, as a general rule, when the root, being uninjured,4 is watered with the water of wisdom, and when it is surrounded with the trench of policy.