Verse 24·VR 2.28.24
क्रोधलोभे विमोक्तव्यौ कर्तव्या तपसे मतिः | न भेतव्यम् च भेतव्ये नित्यम् दुःखमतो वनम् || २-२८-२४
krodhalobhe vimoktavyau kartavyaa tapase matiH | na bhetavyam cha bhetavye nityam duHkhamato vanam || 2-28-24
Translation
"Anger and greed are to be abandoned by the dwellers of forest. Devotion is to be bestowed on asceticism. What needs to be feared, should not be feared. Hence, living in a forest is a suffereing."
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Chapter context
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Rama Warns Seetha of Difficulties of Staying in Forest
26 verses · Verse 24 of 26
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