Bhagavatapurana 4.26.15

4.26.15

na tathaitarhi rocante gṛheṣu gṛha-sampadaḥ /
yadi na syād gṛhe mātā patnī vā pati-devatā /
vyaṅge ratha iva prājñaḥ ko nāmāsīta dīnavat //

14—15. O Pracheenabarhis, as if anxious he enquired of the ladies in the harem. "Ladies, are your mistress and you all quite well. The splendour of wealth in the place does not look so bright as before; if the house be without a mother or wife to whom her husband is God, who would like an unfortunate wretch stay in it, like unto a chariot of broken parts?