Chapter 22 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 22.16

कथं प्रकृतिसम्पन्ना राजपुत्री तथागुणा। ब्रूयात् सा प्राकृतेव स्त्री मत्पीड्यं भर्तृसंनिधौ ॥

kathaṃ prakṛtisampannā rājaputrī tathāguṇā| brūyāt sā prākṛteva strī matpīḍyaṃ bhartṛsaṃnidhau ||

English Meaning

That which is above comprehension is Destiny and it is beyond the power of creatures to avert its consequences; and evidently it is through this Destiny that have sprung up this distemper of Kaikeyi and my loss of kingdom.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)