Chapter 20 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 20.10

क्षीयमाणं दैवहतं क्षुत्पिपासाजरादिभिः। विषादशोकसंमूढं लोकं त्वं क्षपयस्व मा॥

kṣīyamāṇaṃ daivahataṃ kṣutpipāsājarādibhiḥ| viṣādaśokasaṃmūḍhaṃ lokaṃ tvaṃ kṣapayasva mā||

English Meaning

Do not you enfeeble those beings who are already enfeebled and smitten by Divinity with hunger, thirst, old age etc. and who are overwhelmed with sorrow, and grief.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)