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पतिरेव हि नारीणां दैवतं परमं स्मृतम् ।
मानसः सर्वभूतानां वासुदेवः श्रियः पतिः ।
स एव देवतालिङ्गैर् नामरूपविकल्पितैः ।
इज्यते भगवान्पुम्भिः स्त्रीभिश्च पतिरूपधृक् ॥ ३४ ॥

patir eva hi narinam

daivatam paramam smrtam

manasah sarva-bhutanam

vasudevah sriyah patih

sa eva devata-liṅgair

nama-rupa-vikalpitaih

ijyate bhagavan pumbhih

stribhis ca pati-rupa-dhrk

patih-the husband; eva-indeed; hi-certainly; narinam-of women; daivatam-demigod; paramam-supreme; smrtam-is considered; manasah-situated in the heart; sarva-bhutanam-of all living entities; vasudevah-Vasudeva; sriyah-of the goddess of fortune; patih-the husband; sah-He; eva-certainly; devata-liṅgaih-by the forms of the demigods; nama-names; rupa-forms; vikalpitaih-conceived; ijyate-is worshiped; bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; pumbhih-by men; stribhih-by women; ca-also; pati-rupa-dhrk-in the form of the husband.