Chapter 77 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 77

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 77.21

त्रीणि द्वन्द्वानि भूतेषु प्रवृत्तान्यविशेषतः। तेषु चापरिहार्येषु नैवं भवितुमर्हसि॥

trīṇi dvandvāni bhūteṣu pravṛttānyaviśeṣataḥ| teṣu cāparihāryeṣu naivaṃ bhavitumarhasi||

English Meaning

Three couples* pertain in especial to all creatures and these being inevitable, you ought not to bear yourself thus. *Hunger and thirst, ignorance and grief, sickness and death.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)