Adhyay 5 • Shlok 116

दô0—कांेUगिंU प§ कदरी ¨रर§ कôंिU `िन कô'U सीउच। बिनय न मान „»ेस सयनय ˙UांेU¤गU प§ नव नीच॥ 58॥

Roman Transliteration (IAST)

802 * ŚR’ RMACARITAMNASA* kŒ¢ehiò pai kadarī pharai ko¢i jatana kou sī ¡ca, binaya na mŒna khagesa sunu ḍŒ¢ehi ò pai nava nīca.58.

Translations

English Translations 1
Gita Press English

Though one may take infinite pains in watering a plantain it will not bear fruit unless it is hewed. Similarly, mark me, O king of birds, (continues KŒkabhuÜu˜˛i,) a vile fellow heeds no prayer but yields only when reprimanded. (58)

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