Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 47 Shloka 14
Original Shlokaरथस्य मार्गनाशेन न्यवर्तन्त मनस्विनः। किमिदं किं करिष्यामो दैवेनोपहता इति।।2.47.14।।
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English Translation
मनस्विनः highminded people, रथस्य chariot's, मार्गनाशेन disappearance of the track, किमिदम् what is this?, दैवेन by destiny, उपहताः struck, किं करिष्यामः what are we to do?, इति thus (saying), न्यवर्तन्त returned.
English Commentary
When they could not find the tracks of the chariot, those highminded people turned back and said to themselves 'What is this? We have been deceived by fate. What are we to do now?'