Chapter 32 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 32

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 32.10

अथवा नश्यति प्रज्ञा प्राज्ञस्यापि सतस्तव। पचत्येनं तथा कालो भूतानां प्रभवो ह्ययम्॥

athavā naśyati prajñā prājñasyāpi satastava| pacatyenaṃ tathā kālo bhūtānāṃ prabhavo hyayam||

English Meaning

Or did your wisdom, wise and good as you were, come to naught? For God, who is the origin of all beings, make (every one) reap the fruit of his own acts.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)