Chapter 65 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 65

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 65.13

स इदानीमहं वृद्धः प्लवने मन्दविक्रमः। यौवने च तदासीन्मे बलमप्रतिमं परम्॥

sa idānīmahaṃ vṛddhaḥ plavane mandavikramaḥ| yauvane ca tadāsīnme balamapratimaṃ param||

English Meaning

But I who was all this, have waxed old, and my vigour sits feebly upon me. In my youth, ever, my strength was exceeding great and incomparable.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)