अप्रार्थितानि दुःखानि यथैवायान्ति देहिनाम् ।
सुखान्यपि तथा मन्ये दैवमत्रातिरिच्यते ॥

aprārthitāni duḥkhāni yathaivāyānti dehinām |
sukhāny api tathā manye daivam atrātiricyate ||
(Tantrākhyāyika: 121; cited in ṭīkās to Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.5.18)

“As unrequested sufferings certainly come to the embodied, so too do pleasures. I consider that destiny prevails in this regard.”

Alternate version:

अचिन्तितानि दुःखानि यथैवायान्ति देहिनाम् ।
सुखान्यपि तथा मन्ये दैवमत्रातिरिच्यते ॥

acintitāni duḥkhāni yathaivāyānti dehinām |
sukhāny api tathā manye daivam atrātiricyate ||
(Hitopadeśa: 1.159)

“As unexpected sufferings certainly come to the embodied, so too do [such] pleasures. I consider that destiny prevails in this regard.”

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