अनागतविधानं तु कर्तव्यं शुभमिच्छता। आपदं शङ्कमानेन पुरुषेण विपश्चिता ॥
anāgatavidhānaṃ tu kartavyaṃ śubhamicchatā| āpadaṃ śaṅkamānena puruṣeṇa vipaścitā ||
English Meaning
A considerate person that wishes for his welfare, apprehending peril, should prevent disaster ere it arrives.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)