Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.14.37

maitreya uvāca

sva-sargasyāśiṣaḿ lokyām

āśāsānāḿ pravepatīm

nivṛtta-sandhyā-niyamo

bhāryām āha prajāpatiḥ

SYNONYMS

maitreyaḥ uvāca — the great sage Maitreya said; sva-sargasya — of her own children; āśiṣam — welfare; lokyām — in the world; āśāsānām — desiring; pravepatīm — while trembling; nivṛtta — averted from; sandhyā-niyamaḥ — the rules and regulations of evening; bhāryām — unto the wife; āha — said; prajāpatiḥ — the progenitor.

TRANSLATION

Maitreya said: The great sage Kaśyapa thus addressed his wife, who was trembling because of fear that her husband was offended. She understood that he had been dissuaded from his daily duties of offering evening prayers, yet she desired the welfare of her children in the world.

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