Chapter 8 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 8.4

शोचामि दुर्मतित्वं ते का हि प्राज्ञा प्रहर्षयेत्। अरेः सपत्नीपुत्रस्य वृद्धिं मृत्योरिवागताम्॥

śocāmi durmatitvaṃ te kā hi prājñā praharṣayet| areḥ sapatnīputrasya vṛddhiṃ mṛtyorivāgatām||

English Meaning

I lament you for your perversion of sense. What sensible woman can rejoice in the advancement of a co-wife's son, like to death itself?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)