Chapter 7 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 7.8

वाष्पमापतितं धैर्यान्निग्रहीतुं त्वमर्हसि। मर्यादां सत्त्वयुक्तानां धृतिं नोत्स्रष्टुमर्हसि॥

vāṣpamāpatitaṃ dhairyānnigrahītuṃ tvamarhasi| maryādāṃ sattvayuktānāṃ dhṛtiṃ notsraṣṭumarhasi||

English Meaning

It behoveth you to restrain your falling tears by patience. It behoveth you not to resign that patience which is the dignity of persons possessed of the quality of goodness.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)