Chapter 7 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 7.11

अनिष्टे सुभगाकारे सौभाग्येन विकत्थसे। चलं हि तव सौभाग्यं नद्याः स्रोत इवोष्णगे॥

aniṣṭe subhagākāre saubhāgyena vikatthase| calaṃ hi tava saubhāgyaṃ nadyāḥ srota ivoṣṇage||

English Meaning

You boast of good fortune while misfortune is yours in the shape of luck. Your good fortune is surely unstable like the tide of a river during summer.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)