भवितव्यतया नूनमिदं वा व्यसनं महत्। कुलस्यास्य विनाशाय प्राप्तं सूत यदृच्छया।।2.59.24।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
English Translation
सूत O charioteer, वा otherwise, इदम् this, महत् great, व्यसनम् calamity, भवितव्यतया because it was destined to happen this way, अस्य this, कुलस्य race's, विनाशाय for destruction, यदृच्छया wilfully, प्राप्तम् has befallen, नूनम् surely.
English Commentary
Surely it is destiny and this calamity has befallen for the wilful destruction of the (entire) race, O charioteer