Chapter 30 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 30.31

तां तु भार्यां सुनिर्भर्म्य सोऽब्रवीत्सुमहातपाः। दुर्विनीते विनिध्वंस ममाश्रमसमीपतः॥ रूपयौवनसंपन्न यस्मात्त्वमनवस्थिता। तस्मादूपवती लोके न त्वमेका भविष्यति॥

tāṃ tu bhāryāṃ sunirbharmya so'bravītsumahātapāḥ| durvinīte vinidhvaṃsa mamāśramasamīpataḥ|| rūpayauvanasaṃpanna yasmāttvamanavasthitā| tasmādūpavatī loke na tvamekā bhaviṣyati||

English Meaning

Having remonstrated with his wife that one of devout penances said to her-'O vicious one, let your beauty be spoiled in the vicinity of the hermitage. You are gifted with beauty and youth but your mind is fickle; so you shall not continue as the single beautiful damsel in the world.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)