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One Thousand Proverbs on Women, Wives and Daughters- part 27
Part 27
647. You buy a wife, and you buy oxen.
648. Where a woman is not honoured, vain is sacrificial rite.
649. A thousand men may live in harmony; two women cannot, even though they be sisters.
—Indian
650. Tuskers, poisonous snakes, old servants, beloved wife, do not trust too much.—Siamese
651. A woman is well either in the house or in the grave (meaning Purdah is good for Muslim women).
652. A woman without a veil is like food without salt. (unattractive)
653. A woman’s wisdom is under her heel, and she is well in the house or in the grave.
654. A hen’s crow and a woman’s word no one trusts.
655. Men are mountains and women are levers which move them.
656. Ill-starred women have two babies a year.
–Pashto
657. She is the true wife who is a good house wife.
658. She is a true wife whose heart is devoted to her husband. She is a true wife who is faithful to her husband.
659. A man’s half is his wife.
660.The wife is her husband’s best of friends…. The wife is the source of salvation.
661.Those who have wives can perform religious acts. Those that have wives lead domestic lives.
662.Those that have wives can be happy; and those that have wives can achieve good fortune.
663.The sweet –speech wives are their husband’s friends on the occasion of joy; they are as fathers on occasions of religious acts;they are as mothers in the hours of illness and woe.
664.Even in the deep forest, the wife is the refreshment and solace of her roaming husband. He who has a wife, is trusted by all. The wife, therefore, is man’s great means of salvation.
–Mahabharata
665.“Let this heart of yours be mine, and let this heart of mine be yours”- Mahabharata (1.3.9)
666. The production of children, the nurture of those born, and the daily life of men (of these matters) woman is visibly the cause.
667.Offspring, (the due performance of) religious rites, faithful service, highest conjugal happiness, and heavenly bliss for the ancestors and oneself, depend on one’s wife alone.
668. “ Yatra naryast pujyante ramante tatra devatah
Yatraitastu na pujyante sarvastatraphalah kriyah”
Manu smriti 3-56, Mahabharata 13-45-5
‘Where women are worshipped, there the gods are delighted; but where they are not worshipped, all religious ceremonies become futile’—Manu Smriti.
669.“Her father protects her in childhood, her husband protects her in youth, and her sons protect her in old age; a woman is never independent”. Manu IX-9 (The meaning is that she is always protected and not left alone without support)– Manu on Wife
670. In Saptashati, Durga says, “He who conquers me in battle, he who humbles my pride, he who is my equal in this world, he shall be my husband”.
671.The wife is one half of man
Ardham bhaarayaa manusyasya
672.A virtuous wife is a blessing and good children are its adornment -Tirukkural 60
673. It is impossible to stop a woman on her way to meet her beloved Mrchakatika 5- 31
Na sakyaa hi striyó róddhum prasthitaa dyitam prati
674. Of what avail is watch and ward? A woman’s will is the best safeguard-Tirukkural 57
675. Wives of the gallant do not lament — Valmiki Ramayana 4-24-43
Na suurapatnyah paridévayanti
676. Wife is dearer than life — Kata sarit sagara
Bharyaa praanébhyó pyadhikapriyaa
677. Just as you protect your wife, the wives of others are too deserve protection Valmiki Ramayana 5-21-8
Yathaa tava tathaanyésaam daaraa rakshyaa
678. The minds of noble women are as soft as flowers — Uttara Rama Carita 4s2
Purandhriinaam cittam kusuma sukumaaram hi bhavati
679. A wife of excellent virtues who is capable of managing the household within the means of her husband is a real household help in home life -Tirukkural 51
680. Other’s wives are not to be minutely observed – Kalidasa in Shakuntala, Act 5
Anirvarnaniiyam parakalatram
681. If a wife does not possess the virtues for household life, that home will have no happiness, however splendid it may be in other respects -Tirukkural 52
682. Talking about another’s wife is un gentlemanly – Kalidasa in Shakuntala, Act 7
Anaaryah Pradhara vyavahaarah
683. She who gains the affection of her husband by her faithful devotion to him is honoured among the Gods-Tirukkural 58
684. The householder’s home is bare without his wife – Katha sarit sagara
Abhaarya hi suunyam grhapatérgrham
685. He who does not possess an ideal wife, who values the reputation of chastity, cannot hold his head up among his friends-Tirukkural 59
686. What greater treasure can there be than a woman, who has the abiding strength of chastity? -Tirukkural 54
687. Good wives are at the root of all righteous deeds — Kumara sambhavam of Kalidasa 6-13
Kriyaanaam khalu dharmyaanaam satpatnyó muulakaaranam
688. A wife who may not worship god but wakes up with worshipful devotion to her husband has to make the rain fall at her bidding -Tirukkural 55
689. A disobedient wife is an enemy – Canakyaniti 9-12
Aviniitaa ripurbhaaryaa
690. The wife is a fetter not made of metal – Canakyanitisastra
Alóhamayam nigadam kalatram
691. She, who guards her virtue, tenderly cares for her husband and maintains the reputation of both, is a good wife-Tirukkural 56
692. Women spurn her relatives due to the love of their husbands – Bharatamanjari 1- 17- 774
Trnam bhaandhavapakso hi bhartrusnéhéna yósitaam
693. A house is not said to be a home, it is the housewife that makes that makes it one. Pachatantra 6-85
Na grham grham iti ityaahuh grhinii grham ucyaté
694. A human woman cannot be a demon’s wife – Valmiki Ramayana 5-24-28
Na maanusii raaksasasya bhaaryaa bhavitumarhati
695. It is un ethical to ogle at another’s wife — Mrchakatika 1-158
Na yuktam paralkalatra darsanam
696. It is very hard for a wife to live without her husband Valmiki Ramayana 2-29-7
Patihiinaa tu yaa naarii na saa saksyati jiivitum
697. Who will forsake his wife even in utter failure – Bharatamanjari 2-11-396
Paraabhavépi daaraanaamupéksam ksamaté ne kah
698. For a woman the death of her husband is but the first catastrophe Valmiki Ramayana 6-32-9
Prathamam maranam naaryaa bharturvaigunyamucyaté
699. Householders look through the eyes of their wives in matters relating to their daughters –Kumara sambhavam of Kalidasa 6-85
Praayéna grhinii nétraah kanyaarthésu kutumbinah
700. A husband blinded by love sees not the wickedness of his wife – Kata sarit sagara
Praayéna bhaaryaadausilyam snéhaandhó néksaté janah
Bonus quote
A beautiful wife is a foe — Canakyaniti 9-12
Bharyaa ruupavatii satruh
—-Sanskrit Quotes
To be continued………………………
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