Deeds determine Destiny

शुभकृच्छुभमाप्नोति पापकृत् पापमश्नुते।
विभीषणः सुखं प्राप्तस्त्वं प्राप्तः पापमीदृशम्॥
śubhakṛcchubhamāpnoti pāpakṛt pāpamaśnute|
vibhīṣaṇaḥ sukhaṃ prāptastvaṃ prāptaḥ pāpamīdṛśam||
Man of noble deeds relishes pleasant fruit, and man of ignoble ones must suffer the acrid consequences. Hence does Vibhīṣaṇa rejoice while you lie hither (lifeless upon the barren ground).
Mandodarī’s lament upon Rāvaṇa’s demise
in Yuddhakāṇḍam, Rāmāyaṇa

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