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

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