Chapter 35 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 35.23

सत्यश्चात्र प्रवादोऽयं लौकिकः प्रतिभाति मा। पितॄन् समनुजायन्ते नरा मातरमङ्गनाः॥

satyaścātra pravādo'yaṃ laukikaḥ pratibhāti mā| pitṝn samanujāyante narā mātaramaṅganāḥ||

English Meaning

In this connection I remember a saying, viz., men take after their fathers, and women their mothers.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)