Chapter 25 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 25.5

न कर्ता कस्यचित् कश्चिन्नियोगेनापि चेश्वरः। स्वभावे वर्तते लोकस्तस्य कालः परायणम्॥

na kartā kasyacit kaścinniyogenāpi ceśvaraḥ| svabhāve vartate lokastasya kālaḥ parāyaṇam||

English Meaning

No one is the lord of another person, and no one leads him to actions. People are subject to their actions of previous existence and Time aids them.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)