Chapter 21 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 21.5

जानास्यनियतामेवं भूतानामागतिं गतिम्। तस्माच्छुभं हि कर्तव्यं पण्डितेनेह लौकिकम्॥

jānāsyaniyatāmevaṃ bhūtānāmāgatiṃ gatim| tasmācchubhaṃ hi kartavyaṃ paṇḍiteneha laukikam||

English Meaning

Do you know that life and death of the animals is very unsettled. It is therefore proper to perform what tends to the welfare of after-life. It does not behove you, O learned damsel, to mourn like others.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)