[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Mixed prose-and-verse narratives](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu) › [Campūs on the Rāma story](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana) › [Campūrāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt) › 2.3 # Rāmāyaṇacampū 2.3 English (machine translation) 2.3 - **Language:** English ### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.2.3) The world indeed does not acknowledge a path contrary to the sacred scriptures that you accept; hence, there is a certain request to be made. “Whether due to my weapons, whose fame was sung by gods and mortals, / or through my heroic deeds equal in measure in heaven and on earth, / old age, inevitably unavoidable, has appeared upon my body, / like moonlight upon a bed of blooming lotuses. // 3 - [Previous: 2.2\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.2.2_1) - [Next: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.2.4) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.2.3) · Pramāṇa