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Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra

Verse 35 of 73
SB 6.18.35

तस्मात्पतिव्रता नार्यः श्रेयस्कामाः सुमध्यमे यजन्ते ऽनन्यभावेन पतिमात्मानमीश्वरम्

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

Synonyms

tasmāttherefore; pati-vratāḥdevoted to the husband; nāryaḥwomen; śreyaḥ-kāmāḥconscientious; su-madhyameO thin-waisted woman; yajanteworship; ananya-bhāvenawith devotion; patimthe husband; ātmānamthe Supersoul; īśvaramrepresentative 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.

Verse 35 of 73
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