Shloka 24
यज्ञैस्तपोभिरनियमैदनिश्व विविधैस्तथा । विशिष्यते स्त्रिया भर्तुर्नित्यं प्रियहिते स्थिति:,स्त्री यदि सदा अपने स्वामीके प्रिय और हितमें लगी रहे तो यह उसके लिये बड़े-बड़े यज्ञों, तपस्याओं, नियमों और नाना प्रकारके दानोंसे भी बढ़कर है
yajñais tapobhir aniyamaiḥ dānaiś ca vividhaiḥ tathā | viśiṣyate striyā bhartur nityaṁ priyahite sthitiḥ ||
The Brahmin said: A wife’s constant steadfastness in what is pleasing and beneficial to her husband surpasses even great sacrifices, austerities, strict observances, and the many kinds of gifts. The teaching frames devoted, welfare-oriented conduct within marriage as a high form of dharma, valued above external ritual performance when it is sustained and sincere.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that sustained, welfare-oriented devotion within household life—specifically a wife’s constant commitment to what is pleasing and beneficial to her husband—is regarded as a higher dharmic achievement than external religious acts like sacrifice, austerity, vows, or charity.
A Brahmin speaker is instructing or advising by ranking forms of merit: he elevates everyday ethical steadiness in marital duty over prominent ritual and ascetic practices, emphasizing inner commitment expressed through conduct.