भवितव्यं हि तच्चापि न तच्छक्यमिहान्यथा। कर्तुमिक्ष्वाकुशार्दूल कालो हि दुरतिकमः॥
bhavitavyaṃ hi taccāpi na tacchakyamihānyathā| kartumikṣvākuśārdūla kālo hi duratikamaḥ||
English Meaning
O you best of Ikşvākus, none can withstand destiny on this earth, truly unavoidable is it course.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)