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AYODHYAKANDA
95
Pleasure and pain, fear and anger, profit
and loss, birth and deliverance-whatever
happens is indeed the work of Destiny.
असंकल्पितमेवेह यद्कस्मात् प्रवर्तते ।
निवत्यरिम्भमारब्धं ननु दैवस्य कर्म तत् ॥
That which comes about by chance even
without at all having been intended and that
which has been produced without proper
effort — this is indeed the work of Destiny.
मा च लक्ष्मण सन्तापं कार्पोर्लक्ष्म्या विपर्यये ।
राज्यं वा वनवासो वा वनवासो महोदयः ॥
O Lakshmana, do not indulge in grief
when fortune is adverse. Between kingdom
and exile, exile is indeed fraught with
much prosperity."
इति ब्रुवति रामे तु लक्ष्मणोऽधशिशरा मुहुः ।
अग्राक्षणा वीक्ष्माणस्तु तिर्यग्भ्रातरमब्रवीत् ॥
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 :
95
Pleasure and pain, fear and anger, profit
and loss, birth and deliverance-whatever
happens is indeed the work of Destiny.
असंकल्पितमेवेह यद्कस्मात् प्रवर्तते ।
निवत्यरिम्भमारब्धं ननु दैवस्य कर्म तत् ॥
That which comes about by chance even
without at all having been intended and that
which has been produced without proper
effort — this is indeed the work of Destiny.
मा च लक्ष्मण सन्तापं कार्पोर्लक्ष्म्या विपर्यये ।
राज्यं वा वनवासो वा वनवासो महोदयः ॥
O Lakshmana, do not indulge in grief
when fortune is adverse. Between kingdom
and exile, exile is indeed fraught with
much prosperity."
इति ब्रुवति रामे तु लक्ष्मणोऽधशिशरा मुहुः ।
अग्राक्षणा वीक्ष्माणस्तु तिर्यग्भ्रातरमब्रवीत् ॥
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 :