Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.18.35

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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