Chapter 105 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 105

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 105.14

यथा फलानां पक्वानां नान्यत्र पतनाद् भयम्। एवं नरस्य जातस्य नान्यत्र मरणाद् भयम्॥

yathā phalānāṃ pakvānāṃ nānyatra patanād bhayam| evaṃ narasya jātasya nānyatra maraṇād bhayam||

English Meaning

As a ripe fruit has no other fear than fall, so man who is born, has no other fear than death.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)