CC Antya 7.106

Antya-līlā, Chapter 7, Text 106

শুনি’ প্রভু কহেন, — “তুমি না জান ধর্মমর্ম ।
স্বামি-আজ্ঞা পালে, — এই পতিব্রতা-ধর্ম ॥ ১০৬ ॥

śuni’ prabhu kahena, — “tumi nā jāna dharma-marma
svāmi-ājñā pāle, — ei pati-vratā-dharma

Word by word

śuni’ — hearing; prabhu kahena — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said; tumi — you; nā jāna — do not know; dharma-marma — real religious principles; svāmi — of the husband; ājñā — order; pāle — obeys; ei — this; pati-vratā-dharma — the religious principle of a chaste woman.

Translation

Hearing this, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “My dear Vallabha Bhaṭṭa, you do not know religious principles. Actually, the first duty of a chaste woman is to carry out the order of her husband.”