Chapter 15 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 15

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 15.27

तदा हि तारा हितमेव वाक्यं तं बालिनं पथ्यमिदं बभाषे। न रोचते तद् वचनं हि तस्य कालाभिपन्नस्य विनाशकाले॥

tadā hi tārā hitameva vākyaṃ taṃ bālinaṃ pathyamidaṃ babhāṣe| na rocate tad vacanaṃ hi tasya kālābhipannasya vināśakāle||

English Meaning

Thereupon Tārā spoke to Väli these suitable and well-meaning words—but they did not satisfy him, possessed by Kāla, as he was, on the eve of his destruction.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)