Vana Parva 205.6
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Vana Parva Chapter 205 · Verse 6
Sanskrit Original
पतिव्रतानां माहात्म्यं वक्तुमर्हसि नः प्रभो। निरुद्ध्य चेन्द्रियग्रामं मनः संरुध्य चानघ॥ पतिं दैवतवच्चापि चिन्तयन्त्यः स्थिता हि याः। भगवन् दुष्करं त्वेतत् प्रतिभाति मम प्रभो॥ मातापित्रोश्च शुश्रूषा स्त्रीणां भर्तरि च द्विजा स्त्रीणां धर्मात् सुघोराद्धि नान्यं पश्यामि दुष्करम्॥
O lord, it behoves you to relate to us the excellency of chaste women, who, O blameless one, putting a check upon all their senses and even restraining their minds, always think their husbands as gods. O holy one, O lord, O Brahmana, the worship that sons offer to their fathers and mothers and also what wives render to their husbands, appears to me be fraught with difficulty. In fact, I do not find anything more difficult than the duties of chaste women (to their husbands).