—json {

  "name":"SB 6.18.35",
  "h1":"SB 6.18.35",
  "label":"Text 35",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.18.35",
  "description":"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."

} —

SB 6.18.35

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.