Book I : Bala Kanda - Book Of Youthful Majesties : Chapter 1(Continued)
न पुत्र मरणम् केचित् द्रक्ष्यन्ति पुरुषाः क्वचित् |
नार्यः च अविधवा नित्यम् भविष्यन्ति पति व्रताः || १-१-९१
नार्यः च अविधवा नित्यम् भविष्यन्ति पति व्रताः || १-१-९१
91. puruSaaH = men; kvachit = anywhere; kimchit = in the least; putra maraNam = son's, death; na drakshkyanti = will not, see [men are not seeing]; naaryaH ca = ladies, also; a vidhavaaH = without, being widowed; nityam = always; pati vrataaH = husband, devout; bhavishhyanti = they will become [women will be.]
"While Rama is on the throne men will not see the deaths of their children anywhere in their lifetime, and the ladies will remain husband-devout and unwidowed during their lifetime... [1-1-91]
When it is said that 'women are un-widowed and their husbands are ever living...' Dasharatha's widows can be pointed to contradict this statement. But it is said 'when a woman is with her son/sons living, though her husband dies, she is still a 'wife of somebody...' thus she is still un-widowed.
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