Jag patibrata chari bidhi ahahin

Chaupai 6, Under Doha 5 · Aranya Kand

Chaupai Text

जग पतिब्रता चारि बिधि अहहीं। बेद पुरान संत सब कहहीं॥ उत्तम के अस बस मन माहीं। सपनेहुँ आन पुरुष जग नाहीं॥ ६ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

jaga patibratā cari bidhi ahahīṃ। beda purāna santa saba kahahīṃ॥ uttama ke asa basa mana māhīṃ। sapanēhuṃ āna puruṣa jaga nāhīṃ॥ 6 ॥

Meaning

In the world there are four kinds of women devoted to their husbands; the Vedas, Puranas, and saints all say this. In the mind of the highest kind of pativrata, the thought remains that in the world there is no other man, even in a dream.

Context

This is Chaupai 6, 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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