Chapter 1 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 1.100

स्वास्थ्यं भद्रं भजस्वार्य त्यज्यतां कृपणा मतिः। अर्थो हि नष्टकार्या१रयत्नेनाधिगम्यते॥

svāsthyaṃ bhadraṃ bhajasvārya tyajyatāṃ kṛpaṇā matiḥ| artho hi naṣṭakāryā1rayatnenādhigamyate||

English Meaning

Do you, console yourself and renounce your poorliness of mind, O worshipful one. Without sufficient endeavours even men of energy do not regain their lost ends.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)