Verse 23·VR 2.105.23
गात्रेषु वलयः प्राप्ताः श्वेताः चैव शिरो रुहाः | जरया पुरुषो जीर्णः किम् हि कृत्वा प्रभावयेत् || २-१०५-२३
hR^iShyanty R^itu mukham dR^iShTvaa navam navam iha aagatam | R^ituunaam parivartena praaNinaam praaNa samkShayaH || 2-105-25
Translation
"When folds have appeared on limbs and hair have turned grey; on what expedient can a man having got decayed with age, come back to the original splendour?"
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Chapter context
105
Bharata Requests Rama to Accept the Kingdom
42 verses · Verse 23 of 42
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