Chapter 101 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 101

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 101.15

कामकारो महाप्राज्ञ गुरूणां सर्वदानघ। उपपन्नेषु दारेषु पुत्रेषु च विधीयते॥

kāmakāro mahāprājña gurūṇāṃ sarvadānagha| upapanneṣu dāreṣu putreṣu ca vidhīyate||

English Meaning

O exceedingly wise one, O you that are sinless, superiors may act as they list in relation to those wives and sons of theirs that are after theirs heart.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)