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)