expression, godan verb (-tsu)
do your best and leave the rest to fate; man proposes, God disposes
Proverb encouraging one to exhaust human effort and then calmly accept whatever outcome heaven or fate brings.
人事を尽くして天命を待つという言葉があるように、やるだけのことはやった。
As the saying goes, 'Do your best and leave the rest to fate' — I've done everything I can.
A Japanese rendering of a classical Chinese proverb, combining 人事 (human affairs/effort) and 天命 (heaven's decree/fate).