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AYODHYAKANDA
Pleasure and plain, fear and anger,
profit and loss, birth and deliverance-
whatever happens is indeed the work of
Destiny.
असङ्कल्पितमेवेह यदकस्मात् प्रवर्तते ।
निवर्त्यारम्भमारब्धं ननु दैवस्य कर्म तत् ॥
95
That which comes about by chance
even without at all having been intended
and that which has been produced with-
out proper effort-this is indeed the work
of Destiny.
मा च लक्ष्मण सन्तापं कार्षीर्लक्ष्म्या विपर्यये ।
राज्यं वा वनवासो वा वनवासो महोदयः ॥
O Lakshmana, do not indulge in grief
when fortune is adverse. Between king-
dom and exile, exile is indeed fraught
with much prosperity,"
इति ब्रुवति रामे तु लक्ष्मणोऽधश्शिरा मुहुः ।
अग्राक्ष्णा वीक्षमाणस्तु तिर्यम्भ्रातरमब्रवीत् ॥
When Rama spoke thus, Lakshmana
repeatedly hanging down his head and
turning away from his brother and with
side-long glances at him, spoke thus :
Pleasure and plain, fear and anger,
profit and loss, birth and deliverance-
whatever happens is indeed the work of
Destiny.
असङ्कल्पितमेवेह यदकस्मात् प्रवर्तते ।
निवर्त्यारम्भमारब्धं ननु दैवस्य कर्म तत् ॥
95
That which comes about by chance
even without at all having been intended
and that which has been produced with-
out proper effort-this is indeed the work
of Destiny.
मा च लक्ष्मण सन्तापं कार्षीर्लक्ष्म्या विपर्यये ।
राज्यं वा वनवासो वा वनवासो महोदयः ॥
O Lakshmana, do not indulge in grief
when fortune is adverse. Between king-
dom and exile, exile is indeed fraught
with much prosperity,"
इति ब्रुवति रामे तु लक्ष्मणोऽधश्शिरा मुहुः ।
अग्राक्ष्णा वीक्षमाणस्तु तिर्यम्भ्रातरमब्रवीत् ॥
When Rama spoke thus, Lakshmana
repeatedly hanging down his head and
turning away from his brother and with
side-long glances at him, spoke thus :