Rama said to Lakshmana with dried up mouth : - 'Oh ! satya-vikrama ( Lakshmana ), your valour is truth. We have gone through from one calamity to a greater one..... - [3-69-47]
- without finding the beloved Sita. Now we have landed into a terrible crisis which will put an end to our own life. Oh ! Lakshmana see how powerful the might of time is for all beings. [3-69-48]
त्वां च मां च नरव्याघ्र व्यसनैः पश्य मोहितौ | नातिभारोस्ति कालस्य सर्वभूतेषु लक्ष्मण || ३-६९-४९
Oh ! tiger among men, just see yourself and myself afflicted with this great calamity. Oh ! Lakshmana look at the power of time over all creatures There is nothing too heavy for time. [3-69-49]
Even those who know the use of arms in war, or are brave or strong enough, cannot withstand the force of time like the barriers built with sand.' [3-69-50]