Chapter 115 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 115

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 115.18

कः पुमांस्तु कुले जातः स्त्रियं परगृहोषिताम्। तेजस्वी पुनरादद्यात्सुहृल्लोभेन चेतसा ॥

kaḥ pumāṃstu kule jātaḥ striyaṃ paragṛhoṣitām| tejasvī punarādadyātsuhṛllobhena cetasā ||

English Meaning

What powerful man, born in a high family, take back his wife considering her as friend out of lust, who has lived long in another's house?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)