एषा हि प्रकृतिः स्त्रीणामा सृष्टे रघुनन्दन । समस्थमनुरज्यन्ते विषमस्थं त्य नन्ति च ॥
eṣā hi prakṛtiḥ strīṇāmā sṛṣṭe raghunandana | samasthamanurajyante viṣamasthaṃ tya nanti ca ||
English Meaning
O son of Raghu, this has been the nature of the fair sex from the commencement of creation, that they gladden him that is well off, and forsake a person in adversity.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)