Chapter 20 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 20.33

सा बहून्यमनोज्ञानि वाक्यानि हृदयच्छिदाम्। अहं श्रोष्ये सपत्नीनामवराणां परा सती॥

sā bahūnyamanojñāni vākyāni hṛdayacchidām| ahaṃ śroṣye sapatnīnāmavarāṇāṃ parā satī||

English Meaning

Myself, being the eldest of all the queens, shall have to hear unpleasant and heart-rending words from the co-wives who are all younger than I.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)