Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.19.18
कृतमेकतरेणापि दम्पत्योरुभयोरपि ।
पत्न्यां कुर्यादनर्हायां पतिरेतत् समाहित: ॥ १८ ॥
kṛtam ekatareṇāpi
[kritam ekatarenaapi]
dam-patyor ubhayor api
[dam-patyor ubhayor api]
patnyāṁ kuryād anarhāyāṁ
[patnyaam kuryaad anarhaayaam]
patir etat samāhitaḥ
[patir etat samaahitah]
Word-for-word
kṛtam
—
executed
ekatareṇa
—
by one
api
—
even
dam-patyoḥ
—
of the wife and husband
ubhayoḥ
—
of both
api
—
still
patnyām
—
when the wife
kuryāt
—
he should execute
anarhāyām
—
is unable
patiḥ
—
the husband
etat
—
this
samāhitaḥ
—
with attention.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kṛtam ekatareṇāpi
kṛtam
executed
ekatareṇa
by one
api
even
dam-patyor ubhayor api
dam-patyoḥ
of the wife and husband
ubhayoḥ
of both
api
still
patnyāṁ kuryād anarhāyāṁ
patnyām
when the wife
kuryāt
he should execute
anarhāyām
is unable
patir etat samāhitaḥ
patiḥ
the husband
etat
this
samāhitaḥ
with attention.
Between the husband and wife, one person is sufficient to execute this devotional service. Because of their good relationship, both of them will enjoy the result. Therefore if the wife is unable to execute this process, the husband should carefully do so, and the faithful wife will share the result.
Purport
The relationship between husband and wife is firmly established when the wife is faithful and the husband sincere. Then even if the wife, being weaker, is unable to execute devotional service with her husband, if she is chaste and sincere she shares half of her husband’s activities.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Between the husband and wife, one of them is sufficient to execute this devotional service. If the wife is unable to execute this process, the husband should carefully do so.
Between the husband and wife, either of them can do the rites.
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Personal Guidance
Between spouses, one is enough to perform this service; because of the relationship both will enjoy the result; if the wife cannot, the husband should. Spiritual practice flows through the marital bond.
Reflection Questions
- Where do I expect both spouses to do everything separately when one is enough?
- What does it mean that the result is shared?
My note
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