Chapter 39 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 39.20

एष स्वभावो नारीणामनुभूय पुरा सुखम्। अल्पामप्यापदं प्राप्य दुष्यन्ति प्रजहत्यपि॥

eṣa svabhāvo nārīṇāmanubhūya purā sukham| alpāmapyāpadaṃ prāpya duṣyanti prajahatyapi||

English Meaning

Even this is the nature of women: having formerly tasted happiness (at the hands of their husbands), they, on the accession of an inconsiderable misfortune, take them to task, nay, forsake them utterly.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)