Shloka 24
भवितव्यतया नूनमिदं वा व्यसनं महत्।कुलस्यास्य विनाशाय प्राप्तं सूत यदृच्छया।।2.59.24।।
bhavitavyatayā nūnam idaṃ vā vyasanaṃ mahat | kulasyāsya vināśāya prāptaṃ sūta yadṛcchayā || 2.59.24 ||
హే సూతా! నిశ్చయంగా ఈ మహా విపత్తు విధి బలంతోనే వచ్చింది; ఈ వంశ వినాశానికే యథేచ్ఛగా వచ్చినట్లుగా కనిపిస్తోంది॥2.59.24॥
Surely it is destiny and this calamity has befallen for the wilful destruction of the (entire) race, O charioteer!
FAQs
The verse reflects acceptance of events as governed by daiva (destiny) while implying the grave ethical weight of actions that can endanger a royal lineage; it frames suffering within a dharmic worldview of inevitability and consequence.
Daśaratha, overwhelmed after Rāma’s departure for exile, speaks to his charioteer Sumantra, interpreting the crisis as an unavoidable calamity threatening the dynasty.
Daśaratha’s anguished honesty and reflective awareness—he tries to make moral sense of catastrophe within the traditional framework of destiny and duty.