Chapter 100 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 100

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 100.17

कच्चिदर्थं विनिश्चित्य लघुमूलं मदोदयम्। क्षिप्रमारभसे कर्म न दीर्घयसि राघव॥

kaccidarthaṃ viniścitya laghumūlaṃ madodayam| kṣipramārabhase karma na dīrghayasi rāghava||

English Meaning

O descendant of Raghu, having determined upon a course costing small effort but fraught with a mighty result, you set about it sharply and delay not?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)