Ramayana

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नाऽत्मनः कामकारोऽस्ति पुरुषोऽयमनीश्वरः | इतश्चेतरतश्चैनं कृतान्तः परिकर्षति || २-१०५-१५

sanskrit

- 'A man is neither independent nor competent to do any act on his free will. Fate pulls him this way or the other. [2-105-15]

english translation

nA'tmanaH kAmakAro'sti puruSo'yamanIzvaraH | itazcetaratazcainaM kRtAntaH parikarSati || 2-105-15

hk transliteration