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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.19.22

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 asks Lakṣmaṇa to accept the reversal without grief and not blame Kaikeyī excessively.

2.19.22

na lakṣmaṇāsmin mama rājyavighne mātā yavīyasy atiśaṅkanīyā
daivābhipannā hi vadanty aniṣṭaṃ jānāsi daivaṃ ca tathā prabhāvam

In this obstruction of my kingship, Lakṣmaṇa, my younger mother is not to be too greatly suspected; for those seized by fate speak what is unwished-for—and you know, too, the power of fate.

Words: na — not; lakṣmaṇāsmin — O Lakṣmaṇa, in this; mama — my; rājyavighne — in the obstruction of the kingship; mātā — mother; yavīyasy — the younger; atiśaṅkanīyā — to be excessively suspected; daivābhipannā — seized by fate; hi — for; vadanty — speak; aniṣṭaṃ — the unwished-for, unwelcome; jānāsi — you know; daivaṃ — fate; ca — and; tathā — likewise, so; prabhāvam — the power, might

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.