Chapter 2 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 2.26

न विनश्येत् कथं कार्यं वैक्लव्यं न कथं भवेत्। लङ्घनं च समुद्रस्य कथं नु न भवेद् वृथा॥

na vinaśyet kathaṃ kāryaṃ vaiklavyaṃ na kathaṃ bhavet| laṅghanaṃ ca samudrasya kathaṃ nu na bhaved vṛthā||

English Meaning

How can I so manage that my business may not suffer? How can I avoid recklessness? How can my bounding over the deep bear fruit?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)