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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.25.41

కా నామ వీర విఖ్యాతం వదాన్యం ప్రియదర్శనమ్ । న వృణీత ప్రియం ప్రాప్తం మాద‍ృశీ త్వాద‍ృశం పతిమ్ ॥ ౪౧ ॥
kā nāma vīra vikhyātaṁ
[kaa naama veera vikhyaatam]
vadānyaṁ priya-darśanam
[vadaanyam priya-darshanam]
na vṛṇīta priyaṁ prāptaṁ
[na vrineeta priyam praaptam]
mādṛśī tvādṛśaṁ patim
[maadrishee tvaadrisham patim]
kā — who nāma — indeed vīra — my dear hero vikhyātam — famous vadānyam — magnanimous priya-darśanam — beautiful na — not vṛṇīta — would accept priyam — easily prāptam — gotten mādṛśī — like me tvādṛśam — like you patim — husband.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kā nāma vīra vikhyātaṁ
kā
who
nāma
indeed
vīra
my dear hero
vikhyātam
famous
vadānyaṁ priya-darśanam
vadānyam
magnanimous
priya-darśanam
beautiful
na
not
na vṛṇīta priyaṁ prāptaṁ
vṛṇīta
would accept
priyam
easily
prāptam
gotten
mādṛśī tvādṛśaṁ patim
mādṛśī
like me
tvādṛśam
like you
patim
husband.
O my dear hero, who in this world will not accept a husband like you? You are so famous, so magnanimous, so beautiful and so easily gotten.

Every husband is certainly a great hero to his wife. In other words, if a woman loves a man, that man appears very beautiful and magnanimous. Unless one becomes beautiful in the eyes of another, one cannot dedicate his whole life to another. The husband is considered very magnanimous because he gives as many children to the wife as she likes. Every woman is fond of children; therefore any husband who can please his wife by sex and give her children is considered very magnanimous. Not only does the husband become magnanimous by begetting children, but by giving his wife ornaments, nice food and dresses, he keeps her completely under submission. Such a satisfied wife will never give up the company of her husband. Manu-saṁhitā recommends that to keep a wife satisfied a husband should give her some ornaments because women are generally fond of home, ornaments, dresses, children, etc. In this way the woman is the center of all material enjoyment.

In this regard, the word vikhyātam is very significant. A man is always famous for his aggression toward a beautiful woman, and such aggression is sometimes considered rape. Although rape is not legally allowed, it is a fact that a woman likes a man who is very expert at rape.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O hero! What person like me would not accept a husband like you, famous, generous, handsome, and affectionate, whom I have happened to meet?
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