अल्पानामपि वस्तूनां संहति: कार्यसाधिका।
तृणैर्गुणत्वमापन्नैर्बध्यन्ते मत्तदन्तिन:॥

alpānāmapi vastūnāṃ saṃhatiḥ kāryasādhikā |
tṛṇairguṇatvamāpannair badhyante mattadantinaḥ ||

Great tasks can be accomplished by judicious deployment of small things just as a rope woven together by using several strands of grass is able to hold in check the mighty intoxicated elephant.