Chapter 64 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 64.8

न विषादे मनः कार्य विषादो दोषवत्तरः। विषादो हन्ति पुरुषं बालं क्रुद्ध इवोरगः॥

na viṣāde manaḥ kārya viṣādo doṣavattaraḥ| viṣādo hanti puruṣaṃ bālaṃ kruddha ivoragaḥ||

English Meaning

We should not indulge in grief. Grief is injurious.-Grief destroys a person even as a wrathful serpent does a boy.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)