Hindu Administrative Institutions c6.s3.47

c6.s3.47

agreeable wife increases *dharma*, *artha* and *kāma* by giving birth to a son. Commenting in his own excellent way Govindarāja makes out *dharma* as of great importance in the list of *puruṣārthas*. He quotes also धर्मोहि धर्महेतुः अर्थहेतुः काम्यमानस्रक्चन्दनवनितादि हेतुश्च । *Trivarga* itself is compared here to a wife, with the qualities of agreeableness, friendliness and bringing forth a good son.¹