Chapter 31 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 31

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 31.12

सा हि राज्यमिदं प्राप्य नृपस्याश्वपतेः सुता। दुःखितानां सपत्नीनां न करिष्यति शोभनम् ॥

sā hi rājyamidaṃ prāpya nṛpasyāśvapateḥ sutā| duḥkhitānāṃ sapatnīnāṃ na kariṣyati śobhanam ||

English Meaning

That daughter of Aśvapati obtaining this kingdom from the monarch, there will be no end of the miseries of these co-wives.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)