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)