Chapter 8 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 8.11

हृष्टाः खलु भविष्यन्ति रामस्य परमाः स्त्रियः। अप्रहृष्टा भविष्यन्ति स्नुषास्ते भरतक्षये॥

hṛṣṭāḥ khalu bhaviṣyanti rāmasya paramāḥ striyaḥ| aprahṛṣṭā bhaviṣyanti snuṣāste bharatakṣaye||

English Meaning

And Ráma's wives* together with their handmaids will be filled with delight' and in consequence of Bharata's name, your daughtersin-law will be afflicted with sorrow. *Historically Rāma had but one wife. Manthară here anticipated that Rāma would marry many wives like his father after the installation.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)