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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 105 Shloka 18
Original Shloka
यथाऽगारं दृढस्थूणं जीर्णं भूत्वाऽवसीदति। तथैव सीदन्ति नरा जरामृत्युवशं गताः।।2.105.18।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

दृढस्थूणम् with sturdy pillars, आगारम् house, यथा as, जीर्णं भूत्वा after getting dilapidated, अवसीदति decays, तथैव in the same way, नराः people, जरामृत्युवशंगताः under the sway of old age and death, सीदन्ति are destroyed.

English Commentary

Even a house constructed with sturdy pillars gets dilapidated and ultimately decays. In the same way people under the sway of old age and death are destroyed (at last).