SB 6.18.35 • मूल श्लोक

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

Transliteration

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

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda