पतिं च परया भक्त्या महापुरुषचेतसा । प्रियैस्तैस्तैरुपनमेत् प्रेमशील: स्वयं पति: । बिभृयात् सर्वकर्माणि पत्न्या उच्चावचानि च ॥ १७ ॥
patim ca paraya bhaktya mahapurusa-cetasa priyais tais tair upanamet prema-silah svayam patih bibhryat sarva-karmani patnya uccavacani ca
- patim
- the husband
- ca
- and
- paraya
- supreme
- bhaktya
- with devotion
- maha-purusa-cetasa
- accepting as the Supreme Person
- priyaih
- dear
- taih taih
- by those (offerings)
- upanamet
- should worship
- prema-silah
- being affectionate
- svayam
- himself
- patih
- the husband
- bibhryat
- should execute
- sarva-karmani
- all activities
- patnyah
- of the wife
- ucca-avacani
- high and low
- ca
- also.
Accepting her husband as the representative of the Supreme Person, a wife should worship him with unalloyed devotion by offering him prasada. The husband, being very pleased with his wife, should engage himself in the affairs of his family.