Chapter 118 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 118

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 118.32

सदृशाच्चापकृष्टाच्च लोके कन्यापिता जनात्। प्रधर्षणमवाप्नोति शक्रेणापि समो भुवि॥

sadṛśāccāpakṛṣṭācca loke kanyāpitā janāt| pradharṣaṇamavāpnoti śakreṇāpi samo bhuvi||

English Meaning

Even if the father of a girl be like to ſakra himself on earth he reaps odium at the hands of his equals and inferiors.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)