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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.19.14

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 19: Rāma attributes the reversal to fate. He cancels the abhiṣeka preparations and asks Lakṣmaṇa to accept Kaikeyī’s change without anger

In the sequence: he says Kaikeyī had never previously distinguished between him and Bharata, so her sudden change seems to him the work of fate

2.19.14

kaikeyyāḥ pratipattir hi kathaṃ syān mama pīḍane
yadi bhāvo na daivo 'yaṃ kṛtāntavihito bhavet

For how could Kaikeyī have conceived this design for my affliction, were this disposition not something divine, ordained by fate?

Words: kaikeyyāḥ — of Kaikeyī; pratipattir — the resolve, design; hi — for; kathaṃ — how; syān — would there be; mama — my; pīḍane — in the affliction, harming; yadi — if; bhāvo — disposition, state of mind; na — not; daivo — divine, fated; 'yaṃ — this; kṛtāntavihito — ordained by fate; bhavet — were, would be

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.