34 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 14

PURPORT
As stated by Canakya Pandita:

mata yasya grhe nasti
bharya capriya-vadini

aranyam tena gantavyam
yatharanyam tatha grham

‘A person who has no mother at home and whose wife does not speak
sweetly should go to the forest. For such a person, living at home and liv-
ing in the forest are equal.” Similarly, for a woman who has no son, who
is not cared for by her husband and whose co-wives neglect her, treating
her like a maidservant, to go to the forest is better than to remain at
home.

TEXT 41
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ateot STATA AVA TTA TATE (18 2

dasinar ko nu santapah
svaminah paricaryaya

abhiksnam labdha-mananam
dasya dasiva durbhagah

dasinam—of the maidservants; kah—what; nu—indeed; santapah—
lamentation; suaminah—unto the husband; paricaryaya —by rendering
service; abhiksnam—constantly; labdha-ménéndm—honored; dasyaéh
—of the maidservant; dasi iva—like a maidservant; durbhagah—most
unfortunate.

TRANSLATION

Even maidservants who are constantly engaged in rendering ser-
vice to the husband are honored by the husband, and thus they
have nothing for which to lament. Our position, however, is that
