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)