Chapter 105 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 105

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 105.22

हृष्यन्त्य॒तुमुखं दृष्ट्वा नवं नवमिवागतम्। ऋतूनां परिवर्तेन प्राणिनां प्राणसंक्षयः॥

hṛṣyantya̱tumukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā navaṃ navamivāgatam| ṛtūnāṃ parivartena prāṇināṃ prāṇasaṃkṣayaḥ||

English Meaning

People are exhilarated at the commencement of a new season of novel fashion; creatures get their lives shortened at the change of season.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)