भर्तु: शुश्रूषणं स्त्रीणां परो धर्मो ह्यमायया । तद्बन्धूनां च कल्याण: प्रजानां चानुपोषणम् ॥ २४ ॥
bhartuḥ śuśrūṣaṇaṁ strīṇāṁ paro dharmo hy amāyayā tad-bandhūnāṁ ca kalyāṇaḥ prajānāṁ cānupoṣaṇam
- bhartuḥ
- of one’s husband
- śuśrūṣaṇam
- faithful service
- strīṇām
- for women
- paraḥ
- the highest
- dharmaḥ
- religious duty
- hi
- indeed
- amāyayā
- without duplicity
- tat-bandhūnām
- to the relatives of their husbands
- ca
- and
- kalyāṇaḥ
- doing good
- prajānām
- of their offspring
- ca
- and
- anupoṣaṇam
- the care
The highest religious duty for a woman is to sincerely serve her husband, behave well toward her husband’s family and take good care of her children.