Chapter 9 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 9.34

नाहं समवबुध्येयं कुब्जे राज्ञश्चिकीर्षितम्। सन्ति दु:संस्थिताः कुब्जे: वक्राः परमपापिकाः॥

nāhaṃ samavabudhyeyaṃ kubje rājñaścikīrṣitam| santi du:saṃsthitāḥ kubje: vakrāḥ paramapāpikāḥ||

English Meaning

I had not, O hump-backed one, (ere this) apprehended the endeavours of the king. O humpbacked one, there are many deformed, crooked and unsightly women (on earth).

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)