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SB 6.18.35

Devanāgarī

तस्मात्पतिव्रता नार्य: श्रेयस्कामा: सुमध्यमे । यजन्तेऽनन्यभावेन पतिमात्मानमीश्वरम् ॥ ३५ ॥

Text

tasmāt pati-vratā nāryaḥ śreyas-kāmāḥ sumadhyame yajante ’nanya-bhāvena patim ātmānam īśvaram

Synonyms

tasmāt—therefore;pati-vratāḥ—devoted to the husband;nāryaḥ—women;śreyaḥ-kāmāḥ—conscientious;su-madhyame—O thin-waisted woman;yajante—worship;ananya-bhāvena—with devotion;patim—the husband;ātmānam—the Supersoul;īśvaram—representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Translation

My dear wife, whose body is so beautiful, your waist being thin, a conscientious wife should be chaste and should abide by the orders of her husband. She should very devoutly worship her husband as a representative of Vāsudeva.

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