यद्यदालिखति मनोऽशावर्तिकाभिर्हृदयफलके ।
तत्तद्बाल इव विधिर्निभृतं हसित्वा प्रोञ्छति ॥
yad yad ālikhati mano’śā-vartikābhir hṛdaya-phalake |
tat tad bāla iva vidhir nibhṛtaṁ hasitvā proñchati ||
(Saptaśati)
“Whatever the mind paints with the brushes of desire on the board of the heart, destiny like a child stealthily wipes away with a smile.”
Commentary
This expression is equivalent in import to the English saying, “Man proposes, God disposes.”