शुश्रूषामेव कुर्वीत भर्तुः प्रियहिते रता। एष धर्मः पुरा दृष्टो लोके वेदे श्रुतः स्मृतः।।2.24.27।।
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English Translation
भर्तुः husband's, प्रियहिते wellbeing, रता engaged, शुश्रूषामेव service alone, कुर्वीत shall do, एषः this, पुरा in ancient times, लोके in this world, दृष्टः is seen, वेदे in the Vedas, श्रुतः is heard, स्मृतः declared in Smritis, धर्मः is truth.
English Commentary
A wife who serves her husband and who is engaged in doing good to him is righteous. This dharma exists in this world since ancient times, declared in the Vedas and the smritis.