Chapter 20 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 20.9

षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि जातस्य मम कौशिक॥ कृच्छ्रेणोत्पादितश्चायं न रामं नेतुमर्हसि।

ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi jātasya mama kauśika|| kṛcchreṇotpāditaścāyaṃ na rāmaṃ netumarhasi|

English Meaning

O Kusika's son, I am sixty thousand years old; and (at this age) I have obtained Rāma after undergoing extreme troubles, it therefore, become you not to take Rāma.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)