Aisehu pati kar kien apamana

Chaupai 5, Under Doha 5 · Aranya Kand

Chaupai Text

ऐसेहु पति कर किएँ अपमाना। नारि पाव जमपुर दुख नाना॥ एकइ धर्म एक ब्रत नेमा। कायँ बचन मन पति पद प्रेमा॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

aisehu pati kara kieṃ apamānā। nāri pāva jamapura dukha nānā॥ ekai dharma eka vrata nemā। kāyaṃ bacana mana pati pada premā॥ 5 ॥

Meaning

Even by insulting such a husband, a woman suffers many kinds of sorrows in Yama's realm. For a woman, to love her husband's feet with body, speech, and mind is the one duty, one vow, and one rule.

Context

This is Chaupai 5, Under Doha 5 from Aranya Kand, in the episode “Anasuya Instructs Sita”. The episode describes Sita's meeting with Anasuya and her teaching on the sacred vow of wifely devotion.

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