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)