# SB 6.18.35 > तस्मात्पतिव्रता नार्यः श्रेयस्कामाः सुमध्यमे > यजन्तेऽनन्यभावेन पतिमात्मानमीश्वरम ॥३५॥ ## Text > tasmāt pati-vratā nāryaḥ > śreyas-kāmāḥ sumadhyame > yajante 'nanya-bhāvena > patim ātmānam īśvaram ## Synonyms *tasmāt*—therefore; *pati-vratāḥ*—devoted to the husband; *nāryaḥ*—women; *śreyaḥ-kāmāḥ*—conscientious; *su-madhyame*—O thin-waisted woman; *yajante*—worship; *ananya-bhāvena*—with devotion; *patim*—the husband; *ātmānam*—the Supersoul; *īśvaram*—representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. ## Translation **My dear wife, whose body is so beautiful, your waist being thin, a conscientious wife should be chaste and should abide by the orders of her husband. She should very devoutly worship her husband as a representative of Vāsudeva.**