Chapter 101 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 101

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 101.20

त्यजेमां नरशार्दूल बुद्धिं वैक्लव्यकारिणीम्॥ शोकसंजननीं चिन्तां तुल्यां बाणैश्चमूमुखे।

tyajemāṃ naraśārdūla buddhiṃ vaiklavyakāriṇīm|| śokasaṃjananīṃ cintāṃ tulyāṃ bāṇaiścamūmukhe|

English Meaning

O foremost of men, cast off this train of thought tending to overwhelm your understanding, this anxiety giving birth to grief, and resembling the shafts of foes in the van of the embattled forces.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)