[neeti-00]
Translation
(EXTRA VERSE)
WHAT IS YOURS IS FIXED BY DESTINY! WHO CAN CHANGE IT? 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. Can one change his fate by taking shelter with the rich or royal? No! Nothing much happens by that! The clouds fill the whole sky and pour downs tons and tons of water. But the `Chaataka bird' which waits for the rain water only, thirsty and eager, gets only a few drops into its open mouth! What is destined, that alone is its lot. The Chaataka is well-known for its quality of not drinking water from any collected source; but the direct rain water falling from the sky. This one extra verse is given in the Sanskrit original text. ॥ 0 ॥