Verse 12·VR 4.23.12

पति हीना तु या नारी कामम् भवतु पुत्रिणी || ३-२३-१२ धन धान्य समृद्धा अपि विधवा इति उच्यते जनैः |

pati hiinaa tu yaa naarii kaamam bhavatu putriNii || 3-23-12dhana dhaanya samR^iddhaa api vidhavaa iti ucyate janaiH |

Translation

"Perhaps a woman might have mothered many children, and perhaps affluent with riches and crops, still people will call her a widow, if she is without husband. [3-23-12b, 13a]

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Tara's Lament for Death of Vali

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