Chapter 1 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 1.103

त्यजतां कामवृत्तत्वं शोकं संन्यस्य पृष्ठतः। महात्मानं कृतात्मानमात्मानं नावबुध्यसे॥

tyajatāṃ kāmavṛttatvaṃ śokaṃ saṃnyasya pṛṣṭhataḥ| mahātmānaṃ kṛtātmānamātmānaṃ nāvabudhyase||

English Meaning

Do you not perceive that you are high-souled and highly educated? And leaving behind grief do you forsake your amorous madness.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)