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Verse 116.23

Sarga 39

न कुलं न कृतं विद्या न दत्तं नापि सङ्ग्रहः। स्त्रीणां गृह्णाति हृदयमनित्यहृदया हि ताः।।2.39.23।।

na kulaṃ na kṛtaṃ vidyā na dattaṃ nāpi saṅgrahaḥ. strīṇāṃ gṛhṇāti hṛdayamanityahṛdayā hi tāḥ..2.39.23..

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English Translation

"Neither family traditions nor benefits received, nor education nor affection nor gifts nor even accumulated wealth attract women's hearts. Their minds are unstable indeed."

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Word Meanings

स्त्रीणाम् women's, हृदयम् heart, कुलम् family tradition, न गृह्णाति does not attract, कृतम् benefit received, न not, विद्या education, दत्तम् gifts, न not, सङ्ग्रहः अपि not even accumulated wealth, न not, ताः those, अनित्यहृदयाः हि unstable minds indeed.

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Valmiki Ramayana

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Sarga 39

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116.23