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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.71.22

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 71: Daśaratha’s remaining rites. Bharata performs śrāddha and distributes gifts, the brothers grieve over the ashes and bones, Vasiṣṭha & Sumantra help them complete their duties

In the sequence: Vasiṣṭha raises and comforts Bharata, while Sumantra does the same for Śatrughna → reminded that death is unavoidable, they recover enough to complete the remaining duties.

2.71.22

trīṇi dvandvāni bhūteṣu pravṛttāny aviśeṣataḥ
teṣu cāparihāryeṣu naivaṃ bhavitum arhati

Three pairs of opposites operate among all beings without distinction; and since these are unavoidable, one ought not to behave thus.

Words: trīṇi — three; dvandvāni — pairs (of opposites); bhūteṣu — among beings; pravṛttāny — operate, occur; aviśeṣataḥ — without distinction; teṣu — among these; cāparihāryeṣu — and (being) unavoidable; naivaṃ — not thus; bhavitum — to become, behave; arhati — one 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.