Chapter 45 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 45

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 45.15

ततस्तेषां नरव्याघ्र बुद्धिरासीन्महात्मनाम्। अमरा विजराश्चैव कथं स्यामो निरामयाः॥

tatasteṣāṃ naravyāghra buddhirāsīnmahātmanām| amarā vijarāścaiva kathaṃ syāmo nirāmayāḥ||

English Meaning

O foremost of men, fell to reflecting, 'How can we become exempt from decrepitude and disease, and immortal.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)