Mahabharata 3.200.9
संयताश्चापि दक्षाश्च मतिमन्तश्च मानवाःदृश्यन्ते निष्फलाः सन्तः प्रहीणाः सर्वकर्मभिः
saṃyatāścāpi dakṣāśca matimantaśca mānavāḥdṛśyante niṣphalāḥ santaḥ prahīṇāḥ sarvakarmabhiḥ
Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.
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