पिता हि प्रभुरस्माकं दैवतं परमं च सः। यस्य नो दास्यति पिता स नो भर्ता भविष्यति॥
pitā hi prabhurasmākaṃ daivataṃ paramaṃ ca saḥ| yasya no dāsyati pitā sa no bhartā bhaviṣyati||
English Meaning
Our father verily is our lord an prime god. Of him even shall we become the wives to whom our father give us away.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)