Chapter 110 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 110

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 110.21

न कामकारः कामं वा तव राक्षसपुङ्गव। दैवं चेष्टयते सर्वं हतं दैवेन हन्यते॥

na kāmakāraḥ kāmaṃ vā tava rākṣasapuṅgava| daivaṃ ceṣṭayate sarvaṃ hataṃ daivena hanyate||

English Meaning

O foremost of the Rākşasas, forsooth this is not your own folly-it is Accident that unite all things and it is accident again that bring about destrucion.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)