Chapter 2 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 2.16

अहो शाखामृगत्वं ते व्यक्तमेव प्लवङ्गम। लघुचित्ततयात्मानं न स्थापयसि यो मतौ।। ।॥

aho śākhāmṛgatvaṃ te vyaktameva plavaṅgama| laghucittatayātmānaṃ na sthāpayasi yo matau|| |||

English Meaning

O monkey-chief, truly manifest is your monkey-hood and it is through your lightheartedness that you are incapable of fixing your soul.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)