न पिता नात्मजो वात्मा न माता न सखीजनः। इह प्रेत्य च नारीणां पतिरेको गतिः सदा॥
na pitā nātmajo vātmā na mātā na sakhījanaḥ| iha pretya ca nārīṇāṃ patireko gatiḥ sadā||
English Meaning
Neither father, mother, son, friends, nor her ownself is the stay of a woman in this or in after life, it is the husband along that is her only support.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)