Natyashastra

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स्त्रीनीचप्रकृतिष्वेष शोको व्यसनसम्भवः । धैर्येणोत्तममध्यानां नीचानां रुदितेन च ॥ १४॥

sanskrit

Sorrow relates to women, persons of the inferior type, and it has its origin in affliction [of any kind]. With relation to it, persons of the superior and the middling types are distinguished by their patience and those of the inferior type by their weeping.

english translation

strInIcaprakRtiSveSa zoko vyasanasambhavaH | dhairyeNottamamadhyAnAM nIcAnAM ruditena ca || 14||

hk transliteration