Chapter 105 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 105

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 105.16

अत्येति रजनी या तु सा न प्रतिनिवर्तते। यात्येव यमुना पूर्ण समुद्रमुदकार्णवम्॥

atyeti rajanī yā tu sā na pratinivartate| yātyeva yamunā pūrṇa samudramudakārṇavam||

English Meaning

A night that has gone by, does not return, as the full Yamunā, when she has entered the ocean, does not come back.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)