आत्मानं नियमैस्तैस्तैः कर्षयित्वा प्रयत्नतः। प्राप्यते निपुणैर्धर्मो न सुखाल्लभते सुखम्॥
ātmānaṃ niyamaistaistaiḥ karṣayitvā prayatnataḥ| prāpyate nipuṇairdharmo na sukhāllabhate sukham||
English Meaning
Repressing self by diverse restrictions, intelligent people attain righteousness; but virtue crowned with felicity, is incapable of being attained by following pleasure.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)