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)