Antya-lilaChapter 7: The Meeting of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Vallabha Bhatta

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 7.106

suni' prabhu kahena, -- "tumi na jana dharma-marma

svami-ajna pale, -- ei pati-vrata-dharma

SYNONYMS

suni' -- hearing; prabhu kahena -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; tumi -- you; na jana -- do not know; dharma-marma -- real religious principles; svami -- of the husband; ajna -- order; pale -- obeys; ei -- this; pati-vrata-dharma -- the religious principle of a chaste woman.

TRANSLATION

Hearing this, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "My dear Vallabha Bhatta, you do not know religious principles. Actually, the first duty of a chaste woman is to carry out the order of her husband.

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