Shloka 2.105.15
भरतस्य प्रार्थना—रामस्य कालधर्मोपदेशः (Bharata’s Petition and Rama’s Instruction on Time and Mortality)
नाऽत्मनः कामकारोऽस्ति पुरुषोऽयमनीश्वरः।इतश्चेतरतश्चैनं कृतान्तः परिकर्षति।।2.105.15।।
rajanyāṃ suprabhātāyāṃ bhrātaras te suhṛdvṛtāḥ | mandākinyāṃ hutaṃ japyaṃ kṛtvā rāmam upāgaman ||2.105.2||
When the night had brightened into dawn, the brothers—surrounded by their well-wishers—performed their morning rites on the Mandākinī, offering oblations and reciting prayers, and then approached Rama.
A man is neither independent nor competent to do any act on his free will. Fate pulls him this way or the other.
It highlights nitya-karma (daily duties): even amid hardship, one sustains dharma through disciplined worship, prayer, and right conduct.
At daybreak in the forest setting near the Mandākinī, the brothers complete morning observances and then go to meet Rāma.
Religious discipline and steadiness—maintaining proper conduct and reverence despite exile and uncertainty.