śrī-akrūraḥ uvāca - Śrī Akrūra said; rājan - O King; manīṣitam - the thinking; sadhryak - perfect; tava - your; sva - your own; avadya - misfortune; mārjanam - which will wash away; siddhi-asiddhyoḥ - in both success and failure; samam - equal; kuryāt - one should act; daivam - destiny; hi - after all; phala - the fruit, result; sādhanam - the cause of achieving.

Śrī Akrūra said: O King, you have expertly devised a process to free yourself of misfortune. Still, one should be equal in success and failure, since it is certainly destiny that produces the results of one’s work.