Chapter 25 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 25.18

धिगस्तु खलु मानुष्यं धिगस्तु परवश्यताम्। न शक्यं यत्परित्यक्तुमात्मच्छन्देन जीवितम्॥

dhigastu khalu mānuṣyaṃ dhigastu paravaśyatām| na śakyaṃ yatparityaktumātmacchandena jīvitam||

English Meaning

Oh! cursed is this subject human life, that they cannot renounce it even at their pleasure!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)