5 Quotes by Vālmīki

एवम् वर्ष सहस्राणाम् शतम् वा अहम् त्वया सह |व्यतिक्रमम् न वेत्स्यामि स्वर्गोऽपि हि न मे मतः ||Sita to Ram: Thus, spending even a hundred thousand years in your company, I shall never find any sorrow/agony. Heaven also will not be acceptable to me if you are not with me.

Misfortune is the best fortune. Rejection by all is victory.

There is no deity powerful than time.

In all this world, I pray thee, who Is virtuous, heroic, true?

You cannot count on the physical proximity of someone you love, all the time. A seed that sprouts at the foot of its parent tree remains stunted until it is transplanted. Rama will be in my care, and he will be quite well. But ultimately, he will leave me too. Every human being, when the time comes, has to depart to seek his fulfillment in his own way.