भूताश्चार्था विनश्यन्ति देशकालविरोधिताः। विक्लवं दूतमासाद्य तमः सूर्योदये यथा॥
bhūtāścārthā vinaśyanti deśakālavirodhitāḥ| viklavaṃ dūtamāsādya tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā||
English Meaning
Action on the very eve of success, on being obstructed by adverse season and place, and through the agency of unreflecting envoys come to nought, even as darkness is dispelled on sunrise.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)