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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 20 Shloka 40
Original Shloka
अतो दुःखतरं किं नु प्रमदानां भविष्यति। मम शोको विलापश्च यादृशोऽयमनन्तकः।।2.20.40।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

मम to me, अनन्तकः unending, यादृश: शोकः such sorrow, विलापश्च lamentation, अतः now, प्रमदानाम् for women, दुःखतरम् more distress, किं नु भविष्यति what else can be there?

English Commentary

There cannnot be greater distress for any woman than such unending grief and lamentation (which I am now experiencing).