भर्तुः किल परित्यागो नृशंसः केवलं स्त्रियाः। स भवत्या न कर्तव्यो मनसापि विगर्हितः॥
bhartuḥ kila parityāgo nṛśaṃsaḥ kevalaṃ striyāḥ| sa bhavatyā na kartavyo manasāpi vigarhitaḥ||
English Meaning
There is nothing more cruel for women than the forsaking of their husband; it does not behove you therefore, to think even of this opprobrious action.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)