If you wish well of me as well as of yourself, please pay heed to what I say and stay at home. You will thus be obeying my order and rendering service to your mother-in-law; by remaining at home, O good-lady, you will be benefited in every way

For a woman there is no other duty more sacred than this – to do reverent service to the feet of her husband’s parents. Whenever my mother recalls me to mind and is distraught by affectionate solicitude,

then comfort her, my love, with old-world tales and tender speeches. I tell you sincerely and swear it a hundred times, it is but for my mother’s sake, O charming lady, that I leave you here

By staying at home in deference to my wishes) you will easily win the reward of submission to the duty which both the guru and the Vedas impose; through their obstinacy Galava and king Nahusha had to endure all sorts of troubles

Listen, my fair and sensible lady! I shall soon return after redeeming my father’s promise. The days will quickly steal away; pay heed, beauteous lady, to my advice.

If, on the other hand, you persist in your obstinacy, wife, because you love me so, you will come to grief in the end. The forest is exceedingly troublesome and dreadful, with awful heat and cold and rain and wind.

The tracks are beset with prickly grass and thorns and pebbles of all kinds, and you will have to walk afoot without any protection for the feet. Your lotus feet are delicate and lovely; the paths are rough and intercepted by huge mountains.