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Valmiki Ramayana 4.48.2

Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 4.48.2

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Sanskrit

4.48.2

vanāni girayo nadyo durgāṇi gahanāni ca
daryo giriguhāś caiva vicitā naḥ samantataḥ

Then Angad spake: 'We Vánars
Have searched each valley, cave, and dell,
And hill, and brook, and dark recess,
And tangled wood, and wilderness.
But all in vain: no eye has seen
The robber or the Maithil queen.
A dreary time has passed away,
And stern is he we all obey.
Come, cast your grief and sloth aside:
Again be every effort tried;
So haply may our toil attain
The sweet success that follows pain.
Laborious effort, toil, and skill,
The firm resolve, the constant will
Secure at last the ends we seek:
Hence, O my friends, I boldly speak.
Once more then, noble hearts, once more
Let us to-day this wood explore,
And, languor and despair subdued,
Purchase success with toil renewed.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

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