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Śataka
Nīti Śatakaनीतिशतकम्
Chapter
Way of the Foolsमूर्खपद्धतिः
Chhanda
Śārdūlavikrīḍitaशार्दूलविक्रीडित

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दैवेन प्रभुणा स्वयं जगति यद्यस्य प्रमाणीकृतंतत्तस्योपनमेन्मनागपि महान्नैवाश्रयः कारणम् ।सर्वाशापरिपूरके वर्षत्यपि प्रत्यहंसूक्ष्मा एव पतन्ति चातकमुखे द्वित्राः पयोबिन्दवः ॥९१॥

daivena prabhuṇā svayaṃ jagati yadyasya pramāṇīkṛtaṃtattasyopanamenmanāgapi mahānnaivāśrayaḥ kāraṇam |sarvāśāparipūrake varṣatyapi pratyahaṃsūkṣmā eva patanti cātakamukhe dvitrāḥ payobindavaḥ ||91||

Translation

(This one extra verse is given in the Sanskrit original text.)

Whatever the divine destiny has fixed for every man in this world, by his very will, that alone he will get. Even the shelter of the great is not going to change it in the least. When the clouds which fill all the quarters pour down as rains, only two or three drops fall very lightly into the (waiting) mouth of the chaataka bird. ॥ 0 ॥