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after ascertaining our capacity to finish it. A fickleminded person. never attains success in the task. A man of success does his work with carefulness. Work confronted by trouble should not, be started. Knowing a time to do a work, one should start the work. An effort done with zeal is always successful. But the aid of Daiva is always indispensable. Without it even the simple work becomes complex. Work should be started within the divisions of time and space.
If a man keeps time and space in view, wealth will stay long .. with him. Expertness in a work makes the difficult task easy. Even the work of the Jñāní is destroyed by the faults of others and because of nature being against it2 Cānakya believed in appearing nature by the performance of sacrifices and doing · away with human impediments by tact (Kausala ). Only fools
describe the faults in adversity. Work needs be done in a good manner. Workers depending on nature cannot get their work achieved. A successful man is to realize the time of the success of his work, otherwise he is blind. After due deliberation, a man should find out the way of getting out of adversity. A work should be started keeping in view one's power. A person afraid of hard work is not worried about the failure of work. 3
Cāņakya lays equal emphasis on discretion and courage. Mere courage does not make one to achieve the same. 4
Besides, as already said, he wants a man of action to be alive to the importance of time, 5 Only persons committed to sins believe in backbiting. 6 Perseverance, courage and wisdom bring even enemies under man's control.? Even the good fortune
1. Hitopadeśa, mitralabha 35 2. Cāņakya's Arthaśās ra, XIV, 122, 114-118, 120-121 3. Cīņıkya's Arthaśīstra XIV, 122-124, 127-128, 130-132 4. Ibid., 149. 5. Ibid., 151 6. Ibid., 180 7. lbid., 181
