Chapter 22 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 22.25

न लक्ष्मणास्मिन् मम राज्यविघ्ने माता यवीयस्यभिशङ्कितव्या। ज्जानासि दैवं हि तथाप्रभावम्॥

na lakṣmaṇāsmin mama rājyavighne mātā yavīyasyabhiśaṅkitavyā| jjānāsi daivaṃ hi tathāprabhāvam||

English Meaning

Know you now the mighty power of destiny and do you not blame therefore my younger mother and my father labouring under the influence of Destiny.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)