Chapter 118 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 118

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 118.8

न विस्मृतं तु मे सर्वं वाक्यैः स्वैर्धर्मचारिणि । पतिशुश्रूषणानार्यास्तपो नान्यद् विधीयते॥

na vismṛtaṃ tu me sarvaṃ vākyaiḥ svairdharmacāriṇi | patiśuśrūṣaṇānāryāstapo nānyad vidhīyate||

English Meaning

And, O you engaged in acts of righteousness, I have not forgotten the words that my relatives said to me, viz, the asceticism of a woman is ministering to her husband. They did not teach any thing else.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)