भर्तुः कुलकरी भार्या दोहमन्थानशालिनी । माता सकलपुत्राणामतिथीनां प्रियङ्करी ॥ ६ ॥
bhartuḥ kulakarī bhāryā dōhamanthānaśālinī | mātā sakalaputrāṇāmatithīnāṁ priyaṅkarī || 6 ||
Translation
a wife who kept up her husband's family, busy at the milking and the churning, mother of all her sons, kind to guests;
Word by word
- bhartuḥ
- her husband's
- kula
- family
- karī
- who kept up
- bhāryā
- a wife
- dōha
- at the milking
- manthāna
- and the churning
- śālinī
- busy
- mātā
- mother
- sakala
- of all
- putrāṇām
- her sons
- atithīnāṁ
- to guests
- priyaṅkarī
- kind
Meaning
The duties of a householder's wife, each named with care. The other commentary hears in "mother" also her care for guests: she loved them as a mother loves her children.