Chapter 52 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 52.10

शक्तस्त्वमात्मनात्मानं विनेतुं मनसा मनः। लोकान्सर्वांश्च काकुत्स्थ किं पुनः शोकमात्मनः॥ नेदृशेषु विमुह्यन्ति त्वद्विधाः पुरुषर्षभाः।

śaktastvamātmanātmānaṃ vinetuṃ manasā manaḥ| lokānsarvāṃśca kākutstha kiṃ punaḥ śokamātmanaḥ|| nedṛśeṣu vimuhyanti tvadvidhāḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ|

English Meaning

O Kakutstha, While you can control yourself and your mind, should you not be able to bear this trifling pain of separation? Leading men like yourself are never overwhelmed by all these things.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)