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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.20.13

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 20: Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort. He offers to overcome every obstacle by force, Rāma wipes away his tears but remains bound to the promise

In the sequence: he offers to overcome every obstacle to Rāma's abhiṣeka, even opposition from their father

2.20.13

drakṣyanti tv adya daivasya pauruṣaṃ puruṣasya ca
daivamānuṣayor adya vyaktā vyaktir bhaviṣyati

Today men shall see the manly might of fate and of man; today the distinction between the divine and the human will become plain.

Words: drakṣyanti — they shall see; tv — but, and; adya — today; daivasya — of fate; pauruṣaṃ — manly strength; puruṣasya — of man; ca — and; daivamānuṣayor — of the divine and the human; adya — today; vyaktā — manifest, plain; vyaktir — the distinction, manifestation; bhaviṣyati — will 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.