असत्यानि च युद्धानि संशयो मे न रोचते। कश्च निःसंशयं कार्यं कुर्यात् प्राज्ञः ससंशयम्॥
asatyāni ca yuddhāni saṃśayo me na rocate| kaśca niḥsaṃśayaṃ kāryaṃ kuryāt prājñaḥ sasaṃśayam||
English Meaning
Victory or defeat is uncertain in a battle-I do not (therefore) like to engage in such an uncertain (act). What wise man merges certainty in uncertainly?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)