Chapter 39 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 39.21

असत्यशीला विकृता दुर्गा अहृदयाः सदा। असत्यः पापसंकल्पाः क्षणमात्रविरागिणः॥

asatyaśīlā vikṛtā durgā ahṛdayāḥ sadā| asatyaḥ pāpasaṃkalpāḥ kṣaṇamātravirāgiṇaḥ||

English Meaning

Those women that are untruthful, unmindful, of evil ways heartless, intent on unrighteous acts, and whose love is evanescent. are unchaste.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)