50 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 11
hary-Gtmana harer loke
patya Srir iva modate
ya—any woman who; patim—her husband; hari-bhavena — mentally
accepting him as equal to Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
bhajet—worships or renders service to; Srih iva—exactly like the god-
dess of fortune; tat-para—being devoted; hari-atmanad—completely ab-
sorbed in thoughts of Hari; hareh loke—in the spiritual world, the
Vaikuntha planets; patya—with her husband; srih iva—exactly like the
goddess of fortune; modate—enjoys spiritual, eternal life.
TRANSLATION
The woman who engages in the service of her husband, follow-
ing strictly in the footsteps of the goddess of fortune, surely
returns home, back to Godhead, with her devotee husband, and
lives very happily in the Vaikuntha planets.
PURPORT
The faithfulness of the goddess of fortune is the ideal for a chaste
woman. The Brahma-samhita (5.29) says, laksmi-sahasra-sata-
sambhrama-sevyamanam. In the Vaikuntha planets, Lord Visnu is
worshiped by many, many thousands of goddesses of fortune, and in
Goloka Vrndavana, Lord Krsna is worshiped by many, many thousands
of gopis, all of whom are goddesses of fortune. A woman should serve
her husband as faithfully as the goddess of fortune. A man should be an
ideal servant of the Lord, and a woman should be an ideal wife like the
goddess of fortune. Then both husband and wife will be so faithful and
strong that by acting together they will return home, back to Godhead,
without a doubt. In this regard, Srila Madhvacarya gives this opinion:
harir asmin sthita iti
strinam bhartari bhavana
Sisya€nam ca gurau nityam
Sidranam brahmanddisu
bhrtyanam svamini tatha
hari-bhava udiritah
