स्त्रियो व्रतैस्त्वा हृषीकेश्वरं स्वतो ह्याराध्य लोके पतिमाशासतेऽन्यम् । तासां न ते वै परिपान्त्यपत्यं प्रियं धनायूंषि यतोऽस्वतन्त्रा: ॥ १९ ॥
striyo vratais tva hrsikesvaram svato hy aradhya loke patim asasate ’nyam tasam na te vai paripanty apatyam priyam dhanayumsi yato ’sva-tantrah
- striyah
- all women
- vrataih
- by observing fasting and other vows
- tva
- you
- hrsikesvaram
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead, master of the senses
- svatah
- of your own accord
- hi
- certainly
- aradhya
- worshiping
- loke
- in the world
- patim
- a husband
- asasate
- ask for
- anyam
- another
- tasam
- of all those women
- na
- not
- te
- the husbands
- vai
- indeed
- paripanti
- able to protect
- apatyam
- the children
- priyam
- very dear
- dhana
- the wealth
- ayumsi
- or the duration of life
- yatah
- because
- asva-tantrah
- dependent
My dear Lord, You are certainly the fully independent master of all the senses. Therefore all women who worship You by strictly observing vows because they wish to acquire a husband to satisfy their senses are surely under illusion. They do not know that such a husband cannot actually give protection to them or their children. Nor can he protect their wealth or duration of life, for he himself is dependent on time, fruitive results and the modes of nature, which are all subordinate to You.