Chapter 105 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 105

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 105.24

नात्र कश्चिद् यथाभावं प्राणी समतिवर्तते। तेन तस्मिन् न सामर्थ्य प्रेतस्यास्त्यनुशोचतः॥

nātra kaścid yathābhāvaṃ prāṇī samativartate| tena tasmin na sāmarthya pretasyāstyanuśocataḥ||

English Meaning

There exists not one in this world that can change one's nature as received. A person lamenting a dead individual, has no power to prevent his own death.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)