Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17


Sanskrit:

पतिं च परया भक्त्या महापुरुषचेतसा ।प्रियैस्तैस्तैरुपनमेत् प्रेमशील: स्वयं पति: ।बिभृयात् सर्वकर्माणि पत्‍न्या उच्चावचानि च ॥ १७ ॥

ITRANS:

patiṁ ca parayā bhaktyāmahāpuruṣa-cetasāpriyais tais tair upanametprema-śīlaḥ svayaṁ patiḥbibhṛyāt sarva-karmāṇipatnyā uccāvacāni ca

Translation:

Accepting her husband as the representative of the Supreme Person, a wife should worship him with unalloyed devotion by offering him prasāda. The husband, being very pleased with his wife, should engage himself in the affairs of his family.

Purport:

The family relationship of husband and wife should be established spiritually according to the process mentioned above.