Chapter 82 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 82

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 82.3

कस्माद्विषण्णवदना विद्रवध्वं प्लवंगमाः। त्यक्तयुद्धसमुत्साहाः शूरत्वं क्व नु वो गतम्॥

kasmādviṣaṇṇavadanā vidravadhvaṃ plavaṃgamāḥ| tyaktayuddhasamutsāhāḥ śūratvaṃ kva nu vo gatam||

English Meaning

O monkeys, why do you look so melancholy and why are you flying away? Why have you renounced your earnest desire for fight? And where is your heroism gone?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)