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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.103

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 103

योषिद्धर्मकथनम्The duties of women

Verse 103

नेक्षेत् पतिं क्रूरदृष्ट्या श्रावयेन्नैव दुर्वचः । नाप्रियं मनसा वापि चरेद्भर्त्तुः पतिव्रता ॥ १०३ ॥

nēkṣēt patiṁ krūradṛṣṭyā śrāvayēnnaiva durvacaḥ | nāpriyaṁ manasā vāpi carēdbharttuḥ pativratā || 103 ||

Translation

She should not look at her husband with a harsh glance, nor let him hear ill words; the faithful wife should not do what displeases her husband even in thought.

Word by word

na
not
īkṣēt
(īkṣet) she should look at
patiṁ
her husband
krūra
a harsh
dṛṣṭyā
with glance
śrāvayēn
(śrāvayet) let hear
ēva
nor
durvacaḥ
ill words
apriyaṁ
(apriyam) what displeases
manasā
in thought
vā
or
api
even
carēd
(caret) she should do
bharttuḥ
her husband
pativratā
the faithful wife

Meaning

Courtesy and goodwill in look, speech and thought, the counterpart of what verses 39 to 42 ask of the husband.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 102.