Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 113, Shloka 25
रावणवधदर्शनम्
Lament of the Rākṣasa Women upon Seeing Rāvaṇa Slain
नैवार्थेन न कामेनविक्रमेण न चाज्ञया ।शक्यादैवगतिर्लोकेनिवर्तयितुमुद्यता ।।।।
naivārthena na kāmena vikrameṇa na cājñayā | śakyā daivagatir loke nivartayitum udyatā ||
Sa daigdig na ito, ang landas ng tadhana kapag umusad na ay hindi na maibabalik—hindi sa yaman, hindi sa pagnanasa, hindi sa kagitingan, ni maging sa utos ng hari.
"In the world, to change the divine course of action, it is not possible with wealth, or will or by prowess or king's orders."
FAQs
Power and authority have limits; dharma calls for restraint early, because once consequences mature, they cannot be undone by force or command.
The speaker reflects that no worldly resource could avert the end that has arrived, underscoring the inevitability of the war’s culmination.
Detachment from arrogance: recognizing that even kingship cannot override the moral-causal order.