Chapter 27 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 27

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 27.8

प्रासादाग्रे विमानैर्वा वैहायसगतेन वा। सर्वावस्थागता भर्तुः पादच्छाया विशिष्यते॥

prāsādāgre vimānairvā vaihāyasagatena vā| sarvāvasthāgatā bhartuḥ pādacchāyā viśiṣyate||

English Meaning

To woman is preferable under all circumstances the shade of her husband's feet to the tops of a palace, the celestial car or excursion in the airy path.* *It was generally believed that by certain processes of Yoga one acquired power to fly in the air.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)