Chapter 54 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 54.12

मा कृथास्त्वनुसंतापं मत्कृते हि नरर्षभ॥ कृतान्तः कुशलः पुत्र येनास्मि व्यसनीकृतः।

mā kṛthāstvanusaṃtāpaṃ matkṛte hi nararṣabha|| kṛtāntaḥ kuśalaḥ putra yenāsmi vyasanīkṛtaḥ|

English Meaning

Do you not repent for me. My son, time is the lord of happiness and sorrow; it is by the influence of time that I have fallen into such a disaster.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)