Verse 12·VR 5.20.12

इदम् ते चारु सम्जातम् यौवनम् व्यतिवर्तते | यदतीतं पुनर्नैति स्रोतः शीघ्रमपामिव || ५-२०-१२

tvaaM kR^itvoparato manye ruupakartaa sa vishvasR^ik |na hi ruupopamaa tvanyaa tavaasti shubhadarshane || 5-20-13

Translation

"This your youth born beautifully is passing away, whichever youth is quickly passing away will not come back again like the flow of water."

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idam

this

te yauvanum

your youth

chaaru saMjaatam

born beautifully

vyativartate

is passing away

yat

Whichever (youth)

siighram

(is) quickly

atiitam

passing away

naiti

will not come back

punaH

again

apaam srotaH iva

like the flow of water.

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Ravana Talks to Seetha

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