न विनश्येत्कथं कार्यं वैक्लब्यं न कथं भवेत्। लङ्घनं च समुद्रस्य कथं नु न वृथा भवेत्।।5.2.41।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
English Translation
कार्यम् effort, कथम् how, विनश्येत् not be destroyed, वैक्लब्यम् thoughtlessness, कथम् how, न भवेत् will not be, समुद्रस्य ocean's, लङ्घनं च croosing, कथं नु how indeed, वृथा waste, न भवेत् not become?
English Commentary
'How should the task be performed? How to avoid impetuousness? How can my purpose of crossing the ocean be not wasted?