Chapter 69 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 69.37

कालस्य सुमहद् वीर्यं सर्वभूतेषु लक्ष्मण ॥ त्वां च मां च नरव्याघ्र व्यसनैः पश्य मोहितौ। नहि भारोऽस्ति दैवस्य सर्वभूतेषु लक्ष्मण ॥

kālasya sumahad vīryaṃ sarvabhūteṣu lakṣmaṇa || tvāṃ ca māṃ ca naravyāghra vyasanaiḥ paśya mohitau| nahi bhāro'sti daivasya sarvabhūteṣu lakṣmaṇa ||

English Meaning

Mighty is the course of Destiny in all creatures, O Lakşmaņa. Do you O best of men, behold even yourself and me stricken with calamity. But O Lakşmaņa it is not very difficult for destiny to afflict all creatures.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)