Simhasanadvatrimshika 12.4

12.4

na hi bhavati yan na bhāvyaṃ, bhavati ca bhāvyaṃ vinā 'pi
yatnena;
karatalagatam api naśyati yasya hi bhavitavyatā nā 'sti. || 4 ||

3. What is destined to be, that just comes into being, like the milk of a cocoanut. What is destined to pass away, that is (as good as) gone, they say, like the wood-apple that the elephant ate. 4. For that will not come into being which is not destined to be; and it will come into being if it is destined to be, without raising a finger; and that which is not destined to belong to a man is lost to him, tho he hold it in the palm of his hand."