Chapter 2 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 2.4

मतिमाशास्त्रवित्प्राज्ञः पण्डितश्चासि राघव। त्यजेमां प्राकृतां बुद्धिं कृतात्मेवार्थदूषिणीम्॥

matimāśāstravitprājñaḥ paṇḍitaścāsi rāghava| tyajemāṃ prākṛtāṃ buddhiṃ kṛtātmevārthadūṣiṇīm||

English Meaning

You, O Raghava, are intelligent, conversant with learning, wise, and judicious. Do you cast away this sorry way of thinking, even as a selfcontrolled (ascetic) caste away any course of thought interfering with the attainment of his purpose.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)