290 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 19

TEXT 25

wafer fiftagd fat
wifany wad gare |
a taqrena saa aba
fart wat staafe aa TET URI

etac caritva vidhivad vratam vibhor
abhipsitartham labhate puman iha
stri caitad asthaya labheta saubhagam

Sriyam prajam jiva-patim yaso grham

etat—this; caritva—performing; vidhi-vat—according to the injunc-
tions of sdstra; vratam—vow; vibhoh—from the Lord; abhipsita—
desired; artham—object; labhate—gets; pumaén—a man; iha—in this
life; stri—a woman; ca—and; etat—this; dsthaya—performing;
labheta—can get; saubhagam—good fortune; sriyam—opulence;
prajam—progeny; jiva-patim—a husband with a long duration of life;
yasah—good reputation; grham—home.

TRANSLATION

If this vow or ritualistic ceremony is observed according to the
description of sastra, even in this life a man will be able to achieve
all the benedictions he desires from the Lord. A wife who per-
forms this ritualistic ceremony will surely receive good fortune,
opulence, sons, a long-living husband, a good reputation and a
good home.

PURPORT

In Bengal even today if a woman lives for a long time with her hus-
band, she is considered very fortunate. A woman generally desires a good
husband, good children, a good home, prosperity, opulence and so on. As
recommended in this verse, a woman will receive all these desirable
benedictions, and a man will also be able to receive all benedictions, from
the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus by performing this particular
type of vrata, a man and a woman in Krsna consciousness will be happy
