Age

'None is more fortunate than I am; now have I seen my elder brother. It is a great favour shown unto me;
and I have been well pleased with thee. Now I wish that thou mayst fulfil this desire of mine. I desire to
behold. O hero, that incomparable form of thine, which thou at that time hadst had, in bounding over the
main, that abode of sharks and crocodiles. Thereby I shall be satisfied, and also believe in thy words.'
Thus addressed, that mighty monkey said with a smile, 'That form of mine neither thou, not any one else
can behold. At that age, the state of things was different, and doth not exist at present. In the Krita
age, the state of things was one; and in the Treta, another; and in the Dwapara, still another.  Diminution
is going on this age; and I have not that form now. The ground, rivers, plants, and rocks, and siddhas,
gods, and celestial sages conform to Time, in harmony with the state of things in the different yugas.
Therefore, do not desire to see my former shape, O perpetuator of the Kuru race. I am conforming to the
tendency of the age. Verily, Time is irresistible'

Vana Parva: Section 148