Chapter 59 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 59.2

यदो त्वमसि धर्मज्ञो मदर्थं प्रतिगृह्यताम्। जरां परमिकां पुत्र भोगै रंस्ये महायशः॥ न तावत्कृतकृत्योऽस्मि विषयेषु नरर्षभ। अनुभूय तदा कामं ततः प्राप्स्याम्यहं जराम्॥

yado tvamasi dharmajño madarthaṃ pratigṛhyatām| jarāṃ paramikāṃ putra bhogai raṃsye mahāyaśaḥ|| na tāvatkṛtakṛtyo'smi viṣayeṣu nararṣabha| anubhūya tadā kāmaṃ tataḥ prāpsyāmyahaṃ jarām||

English Meaning

O Yadu you are cognisant of religion; do you therefore take this decrepitude for me; I shall satisfy myself with various enjoyments. O foremost of men, I have not yet been satisfied with worldly enjoyments, I shall therefore again take upon myself this decrepitude after having enjoyed all objects of sense.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)