Shatakatraya 1.85

1.85

bhagnāśasya karaṇḍa-piṇḍita-tanor mlānendriyasya kṣudhā
kṛtvākhur vivaraṃ svayaṃ nipatito naktaṃ mukhe bhoginaḥ |
tṛptas tat-piśitena satvaram asau tenaiva yātaḥ yathā
lokāḥ paśyata daivam eva hi nṛṇāṃ vṛddhau kṣaye kāraṇam ||

Into the mouth of a serpent, whose hopes were crushed, body coiled in a basket, faculties withered by hunger, / a rat, having gnawed an opening, fell of its own accord at night; / satisfied with its flesh, the serpent quickly departed by that very way. / Behold, O people: fate alone is the cause of men’s rise and fall!