Chapter 106 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 106

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 106.2

न संतापं महाबाहो मदर्थं कर्तुमर्हसि। पूर्णनिर्माणबद्धा हि कालस्य गतिरीदृशी॥

na saṃtāpaṃ mahābāho madarthaṃ kartumarhasi| pūrṇanirmāṇabaddhā hi kālasya gatirīdṛśī||

English Meaning

Be not aggrieved for me, O you having mighty' arms. Such is the course of time; the movements of creatures are destined by their pristine actions, good or bad.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)