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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.42

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 42

गृहस्थकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the householder

Verse 42

धनेन वाससा प्रेम्णा श्रद्धया मृदुभाषणैः । सततं तोषयेद्दारान् नाप्रियं क्वचिदाचरेत् ॥ ४२ ॥

dhanēna vāsasā prēmṇā śraddhayā mṛdubhāṣaṇaiḥ | satataṁ tōṣayēddārān nāpriyaṁ kvacidācarēt || 42 ||

Translation

With wealth, clothing, love, regard and gentle words he should always please his wife; he should never do what displeases her.

Word by word

dhanēna
with wealth
vāsasā
clothing
prēmṇā
love
śraddhayā
regard
mṛdu
gentle
bhāṣaṇaiḥ
words
satataṁ
always
tōṣayēd
(toṣayet) he should please
dārān
his wife
na
not
apriyaṁ
what displeases
kvacid
(kvacit) ever
ācarēt
he should do

Meaning

The positive duty to the wife: she is to be kept content, with material things (wealth, clothes) and with affection, respect (śraddhā) and kind speech. "He should never do what displeases her": the wife's contentment is as much the husband's concern as the parents'.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 41.