कामं तपःप्रभावेण शक्ता हन्तुं निशाचरान्॥ चिरार्जितं न चेच्छामस्तपः खण्डयितुं वयम्। बहुविघ्नं तपो नित्यं दुश्चरं चैव राघव॥
kāmaṃ tapaḥprabhāveṇa śaktā hantuṃ niśācarān|| cirārjitaṃ na cecchāmastapaḥ khaṇḍayituṃ vayam| bahuvighnaṃ tapo nityaṃ duścaraṃ caiva rāghava||
English Meaning
We can by virtue of the energy of our asceticism easily destroy the rangers of the night; but we are loath to lose our asceticism earned in a long time. O Rāghava our austerities are constantly disturbed, and we can hardly perform thein.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)