Chapter 23 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 23.10

द्रक्ष्यन्ति त्वद्य दैवस्य पौरुषं पुरुषस्य च। दैवमानुषयोरद्य व्यक्ता व्यक्तिर्भविष्यति॥ अद्य मे पौरुषहतं दैवं द्रक्ष्यन्ति वै जनाः। यैर्दैवादाहतं तेऽद्य दृष्टं राज्याभिषेचनम्॥

drakṣyanti tvadya daivasya pauruṣaṃ puruṣasya ca| daivamānuṣayoradya vyaktā vyaktirbhaviṣyati|| adya me pauruṣahataṃ daivaṃ drakṣyanti vai janāḥ| yairdaivādāhataṃ te'dya dṛṣṭaṃ rājyābhiṣecanam||

English Meaning

People shall witness to-day the power of destiny and manliness; this day shall appear which of them is more powerful. Those who have witness before the prevention of your installation by the evil agency of destiny, shall see it defeated, even this very day, by my manliness.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)