Chapter 2 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 2.14

अवकाशो न साम्नस्तु राक्षसेप्वभिगम्यते। न दानस्य न भेदस्य नैव युद्धस्य दृश्यते॥

avakāśo na sāmnastu rākṣasepvabhigamyate| na dānasya na bhedasya naiva yuddhasya dṛśyate||

English Meaning

Opportunity find I none either for conciliation with the Raksasas, or for (winning them over) by gifts, or for sowing dissensions among them, or for conquering them in fight.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)