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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.14.17

ఏష తేఽహం విధాస్యామి ప్రియం భీరు యదిచ్ఛసి । తస్యా: కామం న క: కుర్యాత్సిద్ధిస్త్రైవర్గిక యత: ॥ ౧౭ ॥
eṣa te ’haṁ vidhāsyāmi
[esha te ’ham vidhaasyaami]
priyaṁ bhīru yad icchasi
[priyam bheeru yad ichchasi]
tasyāḥ kāmaṁ na kaḥ kuryāt
[tasyaah kaamam na kah kuryaat]
siddhis traivargikī yataḥ
[siddhis traivargikee yatah]
eṣaḥ — this te — your request aham — I vidhāsyāmi — shall execute priyam — very dear bhīru — O afflicted one yat — what icchasi — you are desiring tasyāḥ — her kāmam — desires na — not kaḥ — who kuryāt — would perform siddhiḥ — perfection of liberation traivargikī — three yataḥ — from whom.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
eṣa te ’haṁ vidhāsyāmi
eṣaḥ
this
te
your request
priyaṁ bhīru yad icchasi
tasyāḥ kāmaṁ na kaḥ kuryāt
aham
I
vidhāsyāmi
shall execute
priyam
very dear
bhīru
O afflicted one
yat
what
icchasi
you are desiring
siddhis traivargikī yataḥ
tasyāḥ
her
kāmam
desires
na
not
kaḥ
who
kuryāt
would perform
siddhiḥ
perfection of liberation
traivargikī
three
yataḥ
from whom.
O afflicted one, I shall forthwith gratify whatever desire is dear to you, for who else but you is the source of the three perfections of liberation?

The three perfections of liberation are religiosity, economic development and sense gratification. For a conditioned soul, the wife is considered to be the source of liberation because she offers her service to the husband for his ultimate liberation. Conditional material existence is based on sense gratification, and if someone has the good fortune to get a good wife, he is helped by the wife in all respects. If one is disturbed in his conditional life, he becomes more and more entangled in material contamination. A faithful wife is supposed to cooperate with her husband in fulfilling all material desires so that he can then become comfortable and execute spiritual activities for the perfection of life. If, however, the husband is progressive in spiritual advancement, the wife undoubtedly shares in his activities, and thus both the wife and the husband profit in spiritual perfection. It is essential, therefore, that girls as well as boys be trained to discharge spiritual duties so that at the time of cooperation both will be benefited. The training of the boy is brahmacarya, and the training of the girl is chastity. A faithful wife and spiritually trained brahmacārī are a good combination for advancement of the human mission.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O fearful woman! I will fulfill your request that you hold dear. Who would not fulfill the desires of a woman who allows artha, dharma and kāma to be attained? Kaśyapa spoke for a long time so that the twilight would pass.
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