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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.57.23

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 57: Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge. Vasiṣṭha’s sons reject and curse Triśaṅku, his followers abandon him and he asks Viśvāmitra to overcome his fate

In the sequence: he laments that fate has defeated his efforts → taking Viśvāmitra as his only refuge, he asks him to overcome that fate through effort.

1.57.23

nānyāṃ gatiṃ gamiṣyāmi nānyaḥ śaraṇam asti me
daivaṃ puruṣakāreṇa nivartayitum arhasi

'I shall go to no other recourse; there is no other refuge for me. You ought, by human effort, to turn back this fate.'

Words: nānyāṃ gatiṃ — to no other recourse; gamiṣyāmi — I shall go; nānyaḥ — no other; śaraṇam — refuge; asti — is; me — for me; daivaṃ — fate; puruṣakāreṇa — by human effort; nivartayitum — to turn back, avert; arhasi — you ought

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.