Chapter 20 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 20.24

येन लोकस्वयः सेन्द्राः क्लिश्यन्ते सचराचराः। क्षीणे चायुषि धर्मेण स कालो जेष्यते कथम्॥

yena lokasvayaḥ sendrāḥ kliśyante sacarācarāḥ| kṣīṇe cāyuṣi dharmeṇa sa kālo jeṣyate katham||

English Meaning

How can (Ravana) conquer Time who, when its life wane, righteously visit with affection the time, sphere with Indra, fraught with mobile and immobile.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)