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अपरीक्ष्य न कर्तव्यम् कर्तव्यं सुपरीक्ष्य च ।
न चेद्भवति सन्तापो ब्राह्मण्या नकुलाद्द्यथा ॥
Do not act without examining the situation carefully; one ought to act only after scrutinizing the situation carefully. Otherwise, one will have to grieve like the brahmani (Brahman woman) who killed the mongoose. (Here the reference is to the Panchatantra story of the woman who killed the mongoose assuming that it had killed her child. She came to know only later on that the mongoose had in fact saved her child by killing the snake that was about to bite the child. Thus, she had to grieve on account of her thoughtless action).