Chapter 60 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 60

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 60.33

अभिघ्नन्तो नदन्तश्च न च संबुबुधे तदा। यदा चैनं न शेकुस्ते प्रतिबोधयितुं तदा॥ ततो गुरुतरं यत्नं दारुणं समुपाक्रमन्।

abhighnanto nadantaśca na ca saṃbubudhe tadā| yadā cainaṃ na śekuste pratibodhayituṃ tadā|| tato gurutaraṃ yatnaṃ dāruṇaṃ samupākraman|

English Meaning

But albeit assailed with shouts and smite with weapons, he did not wake up. And when they succeeded not in rousing him, they more than ever exerted themselves.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)