कौसल्या व्यसृजद् भर्ता तु खलु नारीणां गुणवान् निर्गुणोऽपि वा। धर्मं विमृशमानानां प्रत्यक्षं देवि दैवतम्॥
kausalyā vyasṛjad bhartā tu khalu nārīṇāṃ guṇavān nirguṇo'pi vā| dharmaṃ vimṛśamānānāṃ pratyakṣaṃ devi daivatam||
English Meaning
Verily to women cognizant of virtue, a husband, whether he has any merits or not, is a very deity.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)