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)