Chapter 39 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 39.22

न कुलं न कृतं विद्या न दत्तं नापि संग्रहः। स्त्रीणां गृह्णाति हृदयमनित्यहृदया हि ताः॥

na kulaṃ na kṛtaṃ vidyā na dattaṃ nāpi saṃgrahaḥ| strīṇāṃ gṛhṇāti hṛdayamanityahṛdayā hi tāḥ||

English Meaning

Neither lineage, no benefit, nor learning, nor gift, nor forbearance of faults, can secure the hearts of females, surely their hearts are unstable.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)