Chapter 62 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 62

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 62.15

शक्यमापतितः सोढुं प्रहारो रिपुहस्ततः। शोढुमापतितः शोकः सुसूक्ष्मोऽपि न शक्यते॥

śakyamāpatitaḥ soḍhuṃ prahāro ripuhastataḥ| śoḍhumāpatitaḥ śokaḥ susūkṣmo'pi na śakyate||

English Meaning

One can falling down bear ever beating from an enemy; but one cannot falling down bear ever so little sorrow.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)