Chapter 52 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 52.8

सर्वे क्षयान्ता निचयाः पतनान्ताः समुच्छ्याः। संयोगा विप्रयोगान्ता मरणान्तं च जीवितम्॥

sarve kṣayāntā nicayāḥ patanāntāḥ samucchyāḥ| saṃyogā viprayogāntā maraṇāntaṃ ca jīvitam||

English Meaning

When there is grow there is decay, where there is prosperity there is ruin, and where there is birth there is death.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)