Chapter 2 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 2.14

अस्मिन्काले महाप्राज्ञ सत्त्वमातिष्ठ तेजसा। शूराणां हि मनुष्याणां त्वद्विधानां महात्मनाम्। विनष्टे वा प्रनष्टे वा शोकः सर्वार्थनाशनः॥

asminkāle mahāprājña sattvamātiṣṭha tejasā| śūrāṇāṃ hi manuṣyāṇāṃ tvadvidhānāṃ mahātmanām| vinaṣṭe vā pranaṣṭe vā śokaḥ sarvārthanāśanaḥ||

English Meaning

At this time, O eminently wise one, do you realise goodness through they energy.* Of heroic, high-souled, men like yourself, on their sustaining and entire or a partial loss, grief undo every interest. *i.e. as I understand this rather obscure passage, prove the good through your vigour-secure victory to the cause of goodness through they might.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)