Chapter 23 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 23.9

दैवं पुरुषकारेण यः समर्थः प्रबाधितुम्। न दैवेन विपत्रार्थः पुरुषः सोऽवसीदति॥

daivaṃ puruṣakāreṇa yaḥ samarthaḥ prabādhitum| na daivena vipatrārthaḥ puruṣaḥ so'vasīdati||

English Meaning

He, who can avert the consequences of destiny by dint of his manliness, does not lose heart even in the face of his interest being endangered by it.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)