Chapter 48 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 48.7

वैधव्यं यान्ति यैर्नार्योऽलक्षणैर्भाग्यदुर्लभाः। नात्मनस्तानि पश्यामि पश्यन्ती हतलक्षणा।७।।

vaidhavyaṃ yānti yairnāryo'lakṣaṇairbhāgyadurlabhāḥ| nātmanastāni paśyāmi paśyantī hatalakṣaṇā|7||

English Meaning

Those marks find I none on me by which women of rare fortune come by widowhood, but I find that in me these good tokens are nullified.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)