गृहार्थी सदृशीं भार्यामुद्वहेदजुगुप्सिताम् । यवीयसीं तु वयसा यां सवर्णामनुक्रमात् ॥ ३९ ॥
gṛhārthī sadṛśīṁ bhāryām udvahed ajugupsitām yavīyasīṁ tu vayasā yāṁ sa-varṇām anu kramāt
- gṛha
- household
- arthī
- one who desires
- sadṛśīm
- possessing similar characteristics
- bhāryām
- a wife
- udvahet
- one should marry
- ajugupsitām
- beyond reproach
- yavīyasīm
- younger
- tu
- indeed
- vayasā
- by age
- yām
- another wife
- sa-varṇām
- the first wife who is of the same caste
- anu
- after
- kramāt
- in succession
One who desires to establish family life should marry a wife of his own caste, who is beyond reproach and younger in age. If one desires to accept many wives he must marry them after the first marriage, and each wife should be of a successively lower caste.