आर्तार्ते मुदिते हृष्टा प्रोषिते मलिना कृशा ।
मृते म्रियेत या पत्यौ सा स्त्री ज्ञेया पतिव्रता ॥
ārtārte mudite hṛṣṭā proṣite malinā kṛśā |
mṛte mriyeta yā patyau sā strī jñeyā pativratā ||
(Garuḍa Purāṇa; cited Mahāsubhāṣita-saṅgraha)
“A woman who is distressed when her husband is distressed, pleased when he is happy, and unclean and emaciated when he is abroad, and who dies when her husband dies, is to be known as devoted to her husband.”