SB 10.29.24
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 24
- bhartuḥ śuśrūṣaṇaṁ strīṇāṁ
- paro dharmo hy amāyayā
- tad-bandhūnāṁ ca kalyāṇaḥ
- prajānāṁ cānupoṣaṇam
SYNONYMS
bhartuḥ — of one's husband; śuśrūṣaṇam — faithful service; strīṇām — for women; paraḥ — the highest; dharmaḥ — religious duty; hi — indeed; amāyayā — without duplicity; tat-bandhūnām — to the relatives of their husbands; ca — and; kalyāṇaḥ — doing good; prajānām — of their offspring; ca — and; anupoṣaṇam — the care.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
The highest religious duty for a woman is to sincerely serve her husband, behave well toward her husband's family and take good care of her children.
PURPORT
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī astutely points out here that the gopīs real, eternal husband is Lord Kṛṣṇa, not their so-called husbands at home, who falsely considered the gopīs their property. Thus a strict interpretation of the word amāyayā, "without illusion," reveals that the supreme religious duty for the gopīs is to serve Śrī Kṛṣṇa, their real lover.