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भग्नाशस्य करण्डपिण्डिततनोर्म्लानेन्द्रियस्य क्षुधाकृत्वाखुविवरं स्वयं निपतितो नक्तं मुखे भोगिनः ।तृप्तस्तत्पिशितेन सत्वरमसौ तेनैव यातः पथालोकाः पश्यत दैवमेव हि नृणां वृद्धौ क्षये कारणम् ॥८२॥bhagnāśasya karaṇḍapiṇḍitatanormlānendriyasya kṣudhākṛtvākhuvivaraṃ svayaṃ nipatito naktaṃ mukhe bhoginaḥ |tṛptastatpiśitena satvaramasau tenaiva yātaḥ pathālokāḥ paśyata daivameva hi nṛṇāṃ vṛddhau kṣaye kāraṇam ||82||
Translation
(WHAT IS IMPOSSIBLE, IF FATE ALONE IS FAVBORABLE?!)
A rat, its body thin and weak from starvation, dug a hole and fell directly into the mouth of a snake. Satisfied by that meal, the snake departed through the very same path. Behold, O people: destiny alone is the powerful cause of human rise and fall. ॥ 82 ॥