[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Story collections and fables](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories) › [Bhojaprabandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt) › 26\_111 # Bhojaprabandha 26\_111 English (machine translation) 26\_111 - **Language:** English ### [26\_111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.26_111) Bhoja said: Considering the exile of Rāma from his realm, the binding of Bali, the forest dwelling of the sons of Pāṇḍu, the destruction of the Vṛṣṇis, the fall of King Nala from his kingdom, his dwelling in a prison house \[or: working in a kitchen\], his winning of Damayantī again at the svayaṃvara \[or: the death of Rāvaṇa the lord of Laṅkā\], every man is destroyed under the sway of time; who indeed is saved? ‘Born from the ocean of nectar together with Lakṣmī, the Kaustubha gem, and the Pārijāta tree, borne upon his head by Lord Śambhu in an act of loving grace, even today the lover of the night does not escape the waning ordained by destiny. By what other person can the course of fate, etched like a line in stone, be averted?’ .. 29 .. - [Previous: 26\_110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.26_110) - [Next: 26\_112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.26_112) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.26_111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.26_111) · Pramāṇa