स वै पति: स्यादकुतोभय: स्वयं समन्तत: पाति भयातुरं जनम् । स एक एवेतरथा मिथो भयं नैवात्मलाभादधि मन्यते परम् ॥ २० ॥
sa vai patih syad akutobhayah svayam samantatah pati bhayaturam janam sa eka evetaratha mitho bhayam naivatmalabhad adhi manyate param
- sah
- he
- vai
- indeed
- patih
- a husband
- syat
- would be
- akutah-bhayah
- who is not fearful of anyone
- svayam
- self-sufficient
- samantatah
- entirely
- pati
- maintains
- bhaya-aturam
- who is very afraid
- janam
- a person
- sah
- therefore he
- ekah
- one
- eva
- only
- itaratha
- otherwise
- mithah
- from one another
- bhayam
- fear
- na
- not
- eva
- indeed
- atma-labhat
- than the attainment of You
- adhi
- greater
- manyate
- is accepted
- param
- other thing
He alone who is never afraid but who, on the contrary, gives complete shelter to all fearful persons can actually become a husband and protector. Therefore, my Lord, you are the only husband, and no one else can claim this position. If you were not the only husband, You would be afraid of others. Therefore persons learned in all Vedic literature accept only Your Lordship as everyone’s master, and they think no one else a better husband and protector than You.