Chapter 117 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 117

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 117.21

प्राप्नुवन्त्ययशश्चैव धर्मभ्रंशं च मैथिलि। अकार्यवशमापन्नाः स्त्रियो याः खलु तद्विधाः॥

prāpnuvantyayaśaścaiva dharmabhraṃśaṃ ca maithili| akāryavaśamāpannāḥ striyo yāḥ khalu tadvidhāḥ||

English Meaning

O Mithilā's daughter, surely women of this sort who are given to doing evil acts, reap infamy and fall off from righteousness.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)