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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.65.29

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 65: Kabandha’s grasp. A headless being with a chest-eye, belly-mouth and two long arms seizes both brothers as they search the forest

In the sequence: Rāma laments that another mortal danger has overtaken them before they can find Sītā, but steadies his resolve to act.

3.65.29

kālasya sumahad vīryaṃ sarvabhūteṣu lakṣmaṇa
tvāṃ ca māṃ ca naravyāghra vyasanaiḥ paśya mohitau
nātibhāro 'sti daivasya sarvabhuteṣu lakṣmaṇa

Very great is the power of Time over all beings, Lakṣmaṇa; see how both you and I, O tiger among men, are bewildered by calamities — no burden is too heavy for fate among all creatures, Lakṣmaṇa.

Words: kālasya — of Time; sumahad — very great; vīryaṃ — power, might; sarvabhūteṣu — over all beings; lakṣmaṇa — O Lakṣmaṇa; tvāṃ — you; ca — and; māṃ — me; ca — and; naravyāghra — O tiger among men; vyasanaiḥ — by calamities; paśya — see; mohitau — the two bewildered; nātibhāro — not too heavy a burden; 'sti — there is; daivasya — for fate, destiny; sarvabhuteṣu — among all beings; lakṣmaṇa — O Lakṣmaṇa

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.