Matu pita bhrata hitakari

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 5 · Aranya Kand

Chaupai Text

मातु पिता भ्राता हितकारी। मितप्रद सब सुनु राजकुमारी॥ अमित दानि भर्ता बयदेही। अधम सो नारि जो सेव न तेही॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

mātu pitā bhrātā hitakārī। mitaprada saba sūnu rājakumārī॥ amita dāni bhartā bayadehī। adhama so nāri jo seva na tehī॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

O princess, listen: mother, father, and brother are all benefactors, but only up to a limit. O Janaki, the husband is the giver of limitless blessing. Low indeed is the woman who does not serve such a husband.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, 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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