Shiva Purana

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पत्या विहीनाश्च यथैव योषा यथा विपक्षाः खलु मार्गणौघाः ।। आयूंषि हीनानि यथैव पुण्यैर्व्रतैर्विहीनानि यथा श्रुतानि ।।४।।

sanskrit

They were lustreless and ineffectual like women devoid of husbands, like the arrows devoid of feather, like longevity devoid of meritorious actions and like learning in the Vedas without the observance of sacred rites.

english translation

patyA vihInAzca yathaiva yoSA yathA vipakSAH khalu mArgaNaughAH || AyUMSi hInAni yathaiva puNyairvratairvihInAni yathA zrutAni ||4||

hk transliteration by Sanscript