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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 ॥
 
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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 तिर्यम्ग्भ्रातरमब्रवीत् ॥
 

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 :