Ramayana

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नातन्त्री वाद्यते वीणा नाचक्रो वर्तते रथः । नापतिस्सुखमेधेत या स्यादपि शतात्मजा ॥ २-३९-२९

sanskrit

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. ॥ 2-39-29॥

english translation

nAtantrI vAdyate vINA nAcakro vartate rathaH । nApatissukhamedheta yA syAdapi zatAtmajA ॥ 2-39-29

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/ramayana/ayodhya-kanda/39/29

नातन्त्री वाद्यते वीणा नाचक्रो वर्तते रथः । नापतिस्सुखमेधेत या स्यादपि शतात्मजा ॥ २-३९-२९

sanskrit

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. ॥ 2-39-29॥

english translation

nAtantrI vAdyate vINA nAcakro vartate rathaH । nApatissukhamedheta yA syAdapi zatAtmajA ॥ 2-39-29

hk transliteration by Sanscript