पतिरेव हि नारीणां दैवतं परमं स्मृतम् । मानस: सर्वभूतानां वासुदेव: श्रिय: पति: ॥ ३३ ॥ स एव देवतालिङ्गैर्नामरूपविकल्पितै: । इज्यते भगवान् पुम्भि: स्त्रीभिश्च पतिरूपधृक् ॥ ३४ ॥
patir eva hi narinam daivatam paramam smrtam manasah sarva-bhutanam vasudevah sriyah patih sa eva devata-lingair nama-rupa-vikalpitaih ijyate bhagavan pumbhih stribhis ca pati-rupa-dhrk
- patih
- the husband
- eva
- indeed
- hi
- certainly
- narinam
- of women
- daivatam
- demigod
- paramam
- supreme
- smrtam
- is considered
- manasah
- situated in the heart
- sarva-bhutanam
- of all living entities
- vasudevah
- Vasudeva
- sriyah
- of the goddess of fortune
- patih
- the husband
- sah
- He
- eva
- certainly
- devata-lingaih
- by the forms of the demigods
- nama
- names
- rupa
- forms
- vikalpitaih
- conceived
- ijyate
- is worshiped
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- pumbhih
- by men
- stribhih
- by women
- ca
- also
- pati-rupa-dhrk
- in the form of the husband
A husband is the supreme demigod for a woman. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Vasudeva, the husband of the goddess of fortune, is situated in everyone’s heart and is worshiped through the various names and forms of the demigods by fruitive workers. Similarly, a husband represents the Lord as the object of worship for a woman.