Chapter 25 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 25.6

न कालः कालमत्येति न कालः परिहीयते। स्वभावं च समासाद्य न कश्चिदतिवर्तते॥

na kālaḥ kālamatyeti na kālaḥ parihīyate| svabhāvaṃ ca samāsādya na kaścidativartate||

English Meaning

Even the Eternal being cannot withstand the ways of Time. He never decayeth-and no one else can withstand the course of Time.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)