Chapter 49 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 49

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 49.5

अद्यापीदं वनं दुर्गं विचिन्वन्तु वनौकसः। खेदं त्यक्त्वा पुनः सर्वं वनमेव विचन्वताम्॥

adyāpīdaṃ vanaṃ durgaṃ vicinvantu vanaukasaḥ| khedaṃ tyaktvā punaḥ sarvaṃ vanameva vicanvatām||

English Meaning

You dwellers of the wood, do you to day rummage this impenetrable wood; renouncing grief, do you again search through this forest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)