Chapter 117 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 117

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 117.20

न त्वेवमनुगच्छन्ति गुणदोषमसत्स्त्रियः। कामवक्तव्यहृदया भर्तृनाथाश्चरन्ति याः॥

na tvevamanugacchanti guṇadoṣamasatstriyaḥ| kāmavaktavyahṛdayā bhartṛnāthāścaranti yāḥ||

English Meaning

But bad women whose hearts hunger after carnality, and who lord over their husbands, do not get acquainted with the virtues and demerits (of their husbands); and range at their will.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)