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English Translation (preserving Jain terms):
In the Uttarapurana of the Mahapurana:
The diminution of respect is observed in co-wives due to the superiority of one. Their innate nature, speech, body, and mind are always crooked. (169)
The affliction caused by diseases arising from pregnancy and childbirth, the grief over the birth of a daughter, and the unhappiness over the death of a child. (170)
Exclusion from secret activities, dependence in all affairs, the state of being a widow leading to great suffering due to malicious acts. (171)
Lack of prominence in charitable, vow-observing, and other-worldly beneficial activities, and failure to obtain progeny. (172)
The destruction of the lineage, lack of liberation, and other such demerits - how did this common to all of you come about? (173)
In this state of affairs, you have the desire for happiness, but you do not consider the future welfare due to the perversion of your intellect. (174)
In the state of being a woman, the sole praiseworthy quality is the chastity towards one's husband, even if he is deformed, diseased, destitute, of bad nature, or behaves badly. Discarding him and desiring another, even a Chakravarti, is like desiring a leper or an outcaste. (175-176)
Overpowering such a desire for enjoyment, the virtuous women quickly reduce him to ashes through the venom of their chastity. (177)
Hearing these words, Mandodari became perturbed, thinking that it is possible to shake the Mandara or Sumeru mountains, but not her mind. (178)
Forgetting her household duties due to hearing your words, she said, "I am going, O Devi," and bowing at your feet, she departed. (179)
Dejected due to the incompletion of her task, she approached Ravana. For those whose endeavors are impossible, what other fruit can there be except suffering? (180)
Seeing him, Sita, the virtuous one, said, "He cannot be broken by anyone, like a thunderbolt." (181)
After narrating her account, she said, "I did not say that the chaste Sita is afraid of the fire of anger." (182)