Chapter 9 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 9.7

मातुः कुलं पितृकुलं यत्र चैव च दीयते। कुलत्रयं सदा कन्यां संशये स्थाप्य तिष्ठति ॥

mātuḥ kulaṃ pitṛkulaṃ yatra caiva ca dīyate| kulatrayaṃ sadā kanyāṃ saṃśaye sthāpya tiṣṭhati ||

English Meaning

Whenever may a daughter be conferred, a daughter stayes, placing in uncertainly the three races* to which she is related. *The races respectively of her father, mother and husband.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)