Karyeshu Mantri (The Six Virtues of an Ideal Wife) PDF

कार्येषु मन्त्री करणेषु दासी भोज्येषु माता शयनेषु रम्भा। धर्मानुकूला क्षमया धरित्री षट्कर्मयुक्ता कुलधर्मपत्नी॥

kāryeṣu mantrī karaṇeṣu dāsī bhojyeṣu mātā śayaneṣu rambhā। dharmānukūlā kṣamayā dharitrī ṣaṭ-karma-yuktā kula-dharma-patnī॥

In counsel like a minister, in service diligent like a devoted helper, in nourishing like a mother, in love like the celestial Rambha, ever favourable to righteousness, and in forbearance enduring like the Earth — the wife endowed with these six virtues is the noble guardian of the family's dharma. The verse poetically lists the six ideals that make a partner the strength and honour of a household.