Chapter 32 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 32

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 32.9

चलं हि यौवनं नित्यं मानुषेषु विशेषतः। अक्षयं यौवनं प्राप्ता अमर्यश्च भविष्यथ ॥

calaṃ hi yauvanaṃ nityaṃ mānuṣeṣu viśeṣataḥ| akṣayaṃ yauvanaṃ prāptā amaryaśca bhaviṣyatha ||

English Meaning

Youth verily is unstable, specially with the human beings: do you attaining unfading youth, become immortal!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)