Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 23: Lakṣmaṇa’s Arguments
Text 2.23.16
विक्लवो वीर्यहीनो यः स दैवमनुवर्तते।
वीराः सम्भावितात्मानो न दैवं पर्युपासते॥
viklavo vīrya-hīno yaḥ sa daivam anuvartate
vīrāḥ sambhāvitātmāno na daivaṁ paryupāsate
viklavaḥ = diffident person; vīrya-hīnaḥ = devoid of heroism; yaḥ saḥ = a; daivam = of providence; anuvartate = takes shelter; vīrāḥ = heroic; sambhāvita-atmānaḥ = self-confident persons; na = not; daivam = of providence; paryupāsate = do take shelter.
A diffident person devoid of heroism takes shelter of providence. Heroic self-confident persons do not take shelter of providence.
Sambhāvitātmānaḥ indicates that self-confident persons are fixed in mind, that is, they are sober.