Chapter 22 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 22.18

सुखदुःखे भयक्रोधौ लाभालाभौ भवाभवौ। यस्य किंचित् तथाभूतं ननु दैवस्य कर्म तत्॥ ऋषयोऽप्युग्रतपसो दैवेनाभिप्रचोदिताः। उत्सृज्य नियमास्तीव्रान् भ्रश्यन्ते काममन्युभिः॥

sukhaduḥkhe bhayakrodhau lābhālābhau bhavābhavau| yasya kiṃcit tathābhūtaṃ nanu daivasya karma tat|| ṛṣayo'pyugratapaso daivenābhipracoditāḥ| utsṛjya niyamāstīvrān bhraśyante kāmamanyubhiḥ||

English Meaning

Seers of great austerity being influenced by this Destiny, succumb to the attack of anger and desire, renouncing all their hard disciplines.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)