Chapter 16 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 16.19

सुनीतं हितकामेन वाक्यमुक्तं दशानन। न गृह्णन्त्यकृतात्मानः कालस्य वशमागताः॥

sunītaṃ hitakāmena vākyamuktaṃ daśānana| na gṛhṇantyakṛtātmānaḥ kālasya vaśamāgatāḥ||

English Meaning

For your welfare I spoke those w ell-meaning words, O Ten-necked one, but you did not pay heed to them being brought under the control of Death.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)