न हृष्टपूर्वं कल्याणं सुखं वा पतिपौरुषे। अपि पुत्रे विपश्येयमिति रामास्थितं मया॥
na hṛṣṭapūrvaṃ kalyāṇaṃ sukhaṃ vā patipauruṣe| api putre vipaśyeyamiti rāmāsthitaṃ mayā||
English Meaning
I have not experienced in my life that blessing and pleasure which women generally feel when their husbands are devoted to them. I have sustained my life so long, O Rāma, only with the hope that I shall witness this and other happiness when I shall have a son.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)