Chapter 45 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 45

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 45.22

वाक्यमप्रतिरूपं तु न चित्रं स्त्रीषु मैथिलि। स्वभावस्त्वेष नारीणामेषु लोकेषु दृश्यते॥

vākyamapratirūpaṃ tu na citraṃ strīṣu maithili| svabhāvastveṣa nārīṇāmeṣu lokeṣu dṛśyate||

English Meaning

What you have spoken, O Maithelee, is nothing surprising-for fernales. Such is the nature of womankind on this earth.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)