Chapter 7 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 7.12

ये शोकमनुवर्तन्ते न तेषां विद्यते सुखम्। तेजश्च क्षीयते तेषां न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥

ye śokamanuvartante na teṣāṃ vidyate sukham| tejaśca kṣīyate teṣāṃ na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi ||

English Meaning

Those that indulge in sorrow, know no happiness; and their virtue* goeth out of them. Therefore it behoveth you not to grieve. In the sense of energy.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)