Mahabharat
दैवं परज्ञां तु मुष्णाति तेजश चक्षुर इवापतत धातुश च वशम अन्वेति पाशैर इव नरः सितः ॥ २-५२-१८ ॥
'Just as a brilliant object can dazzle and blind one’s vision, Fate deprives us of reason, and man, bound as if by a cord, submits to the will of Providence.' ॥ 2-52-18 ॥
english translation
daivaM parajJAM tu muSNAti tejaza cakSura ivApatata dhAtuza ca vazama anveti pAzaira iva naraH sitaH ॥ 2-52-18 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript