Chapter 22 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 22.17

यदचिन्त्यं तु तद् दैवं भूतेष्वपि न हन्यते। व्यक्तं मयि च तस्यां च पतितो हि विपर्ययः॥ कश्च दैवेन सौमित्रे योद्धमुत्सहते पुमान्। यस्य नु ग्रहणं किंचित् कर्मणोऽन्यन्न दृश्यते॥

yadacintyaṃ tu tad daivaṃ bhūteṣvapi na hanyate| vyaktaṃ mayi ca tasyāṃ ca patito hi viparyayaḥ|| kaśca daivena saumitre yoddhamutsahate pumān| yasya nu grahaṇaṃ kiṃcit karmaṇo'nyanna dṛśyate||

English Meaning

What man dares wiinstand Oh son of Sumitrā, this (terrible) destiny bidden from our view until known by the consequences of action destiny is the prime source of all those inconceivable causes which occur with reference to happiness misery, fear, and anger, profit and loss, birth and deliverance.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)