Chapter 1 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 1.75

न पुत्रमरणं केचिद् द्रक्ष्यन्ति पुरुषाः क्वचित्। नार्यश्चाविधवा नित्यं भविष्यन्ति पतिव्रताः॥

na putramaraṇaṃ kecid drakṣyanti puruṣāḥ kvacit| nāryaścāvidhavā nityaṃ bhaviṣyanti pativratāḥ||

English Meaning

Where a no person is to witness his son's death, and women will be ever chaste, and never bear widow-hood.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)