Chapter 59 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 59.5

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा राजा पूरुमथाब्रवीत्। इयं जरा महाबाहो मदर्थं प्रतिगृह्यताम्॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājā pūrumathābravīt| iyaṃ jarā mahābāho madarthaṃ pratigṛhyatām||

English Meaning

Hearing the words of Yadu, Yayāti said to Puru: “O you having large arms, do you take the decrepitude for me."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)