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Kamasutra 4.1.49

Kāmasūtra 4.1.49

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Sanskrit

4.1.49

dharmam arthaṃ tathā kāmaṃ labhante sthānam eva ca/
niḥsapatnaṃ ca bhartāraṃ nāryaḥ sad vṛttam āśritāḥ//

“The wife, whether she be a woman of noble family, or a virgin widow remarried, or a concubine, should lead a chaste life, devoted to her husband, and doing every thing for his welfare. Women acting thus, acquire Dharma, Artha, and Kama, obtain a high position, and generally keep their husbands devoted to them.”

Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

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