Chapter 23 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 23.42

अलमश्रुनिपातेन त्यज शोकमनर्थकम्। भज प्रीतिं प्रहर्षं च त्यजन्ती नित्यदैन्यताम्॥

alamaśrunipātena tyaja śokamanarthakam| bhaja prītiṃ praharṣaṃ ca tyajantī nityadainyatām||

English Meaning

Why do you shed tears? Renounce your useless grief. Do you become happy and delighted, renouncing your continued melancholy.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)