SB 6.18.35 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

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

Verse 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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

O beautiful wife! A wife devoted to her husband, desiring the highest benefit, should very devoutly worship her husband as a representative of Vāsudeva.