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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 19]
PURPORT
The relationship between husband and wife is firmly established when the wife is faithful and the husband sincere. Then even if the wife, being weaker, is unable to execute devotional service with her husband, if she is chaste and sincere she shares half of her husband's activities.
TEXTS 19-20
विष्णोर्वतमिदं विभ्रम् विहन्यात् कथञ्चन ।
विप्रान् स्त्रियो वीरवतीः सग्गन्धरलिमण्डनैः ।
अर्चेदहरहर्भक्त्या देवं नियममास्थिता ॥१९॥
उद्धास्य देवं स्वे धाम्नि तन्निवेदितमग्रतः ।
अद्यादात्मविशुद्ध्यर्थं सर्वकामसमुद्धये ॥२०॥
viṣṇor vratam idam bibhran na vihanyāt kathañcana viprān striyo vīravatiḥ srag-gandha-bali-maṇḍanaiḥ arced ahar-ahar bhaktyā devam niyamam āsthitā
udvāsya devam sve dhāmni tan-niveditam agrataḥ adyād ātma-viśuddhy-artham sarva-kāma-samṛddhaye
viṣṇoḥ—of Lord Viṣṇu; vratam—vow; idam—this; bibhrat—executing; na—not; vihanyāt—should break; kathañcana—for any reason; viprān—the brāhmaṇas; striyaḥ—women; vīra-vatiḥ—who have their husband and sons; srak—with garlands; gandha—sandalwood; bali—offerings of food; maṇḍanaiḥ—and with ornaments; arcet—one should worship; ahaḥ-ahaḥ—daily; bhaktyā—with devotion; devam—Lord Viṣṇu; niyamam—the regulative principles; āsthitā—following; udvāsya—placing; devam—the Lord; sve—in His own; dhāmni—resting place; tat—to Him; niveditam—what was offered; agrataḥ—after