Chapter 2 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 2.6

निरुत्साहस्य दीनस्य शोकपर्याकुलात्मनः। सर्वार्था व्यवसीदन्ति व्यसनं चाधिगच्छति॥

nirutsāhasya dīnasya śokaparyākulātmanaḥ| sarvārthā vyavasīdanti vyasanaṃ cādhigacchati||

English Meaning

Of a person that is dispirited and poor in pluck and that has his soul overwhelmed with grief, every interest droops, and he comes by misfortunes (one after another).

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)