Chapter 20 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 20.11

इदं ते चारुसंजातं यौवनं ह्यतिवर्तते। यदतीतं पुनर्रुति स्रोतः स्रोतस्विनामिव ॥

idaṃ te cārusaṃjātaṃ yauvanaṃ hyativartate| yadatītaṃ punarruti srotaḥ srotasvināmiva ||

English Meaning

This your beautiful youth is passing away, which like the current of a river when once gone, dose not turn back,

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)