पतिहीना तु या नारी कामं भवतु पुत्रिणी। धनधान्यैस्सुपूर्णाऽपि विधवेत्युच्यते बुधैः4.23.12।।
patihīnā tu yā nārī kāmaṃ bhavatu putriṇī. dhanadhānyaissupūrṇā'pi vidhavetyucyate budhaiḥ4.23.12..
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English Translation
"'Even if a woman without husband, is blessed with sons and abundant wealth and grain, still learned people call her a widow."
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Word Meanings
या नारी any woman, पतिहीना without husband, पुत्रिणी mother of sons, भवतु कामम् even so, धनधान्यैस्सुपूर्णाऽपि a prosperous lady with wealth and grain in abundance, बुधैः by learned people, विधवेति only a widow, उच्यते is called so.
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Valmiki Ramayana
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Sarga 23
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294.12