Chapter 24 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 24.21

व्रतोपवासनिरता या नारी परमोत्तमा॥ भर्तारं नानुवर्तेत सा च पापगतिर्भवेत्।

vratopavāsaniratā yā nārī paramottamā|| bhartāraṃ nānuvarteta sā ca pāpagatirbhavet|

English Meaning

The woman, who serves not her husband, being engaged in excellent religious rites and fasts, shall fare wretchedly in the life to come; and a woman gets at the excellent abode of the celestials by serving her husband.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)