नात्मन: कामकारो हि पुरुषोऽयमनीश्वरः। इतश्चेतरतश्चैनं कृतान्तः परिकर्षति॥
nātmana: kāmakāro hi puruṣo'yamanīśvaraḥ| itaścetarataścainaṃ kṛtāntaḥ parikarṣati||
English Meaning
No creature is endowed with the power of exercising any control over the course of events, man has no independent status (in nature).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)