Ayodhya Kanda 39.29
Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Ayodhya Kanda 39 · Verse 29
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Sanskrit Original
नातन्त्री वाद्यते वीणा नाचक्रो वर्तते रथः। नापतिस्सुखमेधेत या स्यादपि शतात्मजा।।
nātantrī vādyatē vīṇā nācakrō vartatē rathaḥ. nāpatissukhamēdhēta yā syādapi śatātmajā৷৷
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A veena (lute) sans strings cannot be played. A chariot without wheels cannot move. Similarly, a woman without her husband finds no happiness even though she has one hundred sons.