Chapter 105 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 105

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 105.20

गात्रेषु वलयः प्राप्ताः श्वेताश्चैव शिरोरुहाः। जरया पुरुषो जीर्णः किं हि कृत्वा प्रभावयेत्॥

gātreṣu valayaḥ prāptāḥ śvetāścaiva śiroruhāḥ| jarayā puruṣo jīrṇaḥ kiṃ hi kṛtvā prabhāvayet||

English Meaning

The person is filled with folds in the skin, the hair has grown hoary, the individual is enfeebled because of age, by doing what, can be prevent this?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)