Chapter 46 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 46

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 46.12

तथापि तु नयज्ञेन जयमाकाङ्क्षता रणे॥ आत्मा रक्ष्यः प्रयत्नेन युद्धसिद्धिर्हि चञ्चला।

tathāpi tu nayajñena jayamākāṅkṣatā raṇe|| ātmā rakṣyaḥ prayatnena yuddhasiddhirhi cañcalā|

English Meaning

Still a person versed in polity, albeit anxious to secure victory in battle, should carefully preserve self, as success in war is unstable.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)