ko hi bharah samarthanam kim duram vyavasayinam |
ko videshah suvidyanam kah parah priyavadinam ||

को  हि  भारः समर्थानां  किं  दूरं  व्यवसायिनाम्  |
को  विदेशः सुविद्यानां  कः  परः  प्रियवादिनाम्  ||

What is a burden for those who are clever?
What is too distant for those who endeavor?
Where is too foreign for well-rounded folk?
Who is a stranger to people who joke?

prarabhyate na khalu vighna-bhayena nichaih
prarabhya vighna-vihata viramanti madhyah |
vighnaih sahasra-gunitair api hanyamanah
prarabdham uttama-guna na parityajanti ||

प्रारभ्यते न खलु विघ्न-भयेन नीचैः
प्रारभ्य विघ्न-विहता विरमन्ति मध्याः |
विघ्नैः सहस्र-गुणितैर् अपि हन्यमानाः
प्रारब्धम् उत्तम-गुणा न परित्यजन्ति ||

The common ones won't start a venture;
They fear a hard and tough adventure.
The mediocre start but see
A sign of trouble, stop and flee.

The best are those who start and then,
When hardship strikes, and strikes again,
And a thousand hurts and hurdles hit,
Will never waver, never quit.

sarvam paravasham dukham sarvamatmavasham sukham |
etad vidyat samasena lakshanam sukhaduhkhayoh ||

सर्वं परवशं दुःखं सर्वमात्मवशं सुखम् |
एतद् विद्यात् समासेन लक्षणं सुखदुःखयोः ||

What’s in someone else’s hands is pain.
What’s in your own pair of hands is pleasure.
That explains in language brief and plain
Grief and joy in full and perfect measure.