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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.19.17

పతిం చ పరయా భక్త్యా మహాపురుషచేతసా । ప్రియైస్తైస్తైరుపనమేత్ ప్రేమశీల: స్వయం పతి: । బిభృయాత్ సర్వకర్మాణి పత్‍న్యా ఉచ్చావచాని చ ॥ ౧౭ ॥
patiṁ ca parayā bhaktyā
[patim cha parayaa bhaktyaa]
mahāpuruṣa-cetasā
[mahaapurusha-chetasaa]
priyais tais tair upanamet
[priyais tais tair upanamet]
prema-śīlaḥ svayaṁ patiḥ
[prema-sheelah svayam patih]
bibhṛyāt sarva-karmāṇi
[bibhriyaat sarva-karmaani]
patnyā uccāvacāni ca
[patnyaa uchchaavachaani cha]
patim — the husband ca — and parayā — supreme bhaktyā — with devotion mahā-puruṣa-cetasā — accepting as the Supreme Person priyaiḥ — dear taiḥ taiḥ — by those (offerings) upanamet — should worship prema-śīlaḥ — being affectionate svayam — himself patiḥ — the husband bibhṛyāt — should execute sarva-karmāṇi — all activities patnyāḥ — of the wife ucca-avacāni — high and low ca — also.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
patiṁ ca parayā bhaktyā
patim
the husband
ca
and
parayā
supreme
bhaktyā
with devotion
mahāpuruṣa-cetasā
mahā-puruṣa-cetasā
accepting as the Supreme Person
priyais tais tair upanamet
priyaiḥ
dear
taiḥ taiḥ
by those (offerings)
upanamet
should worship
prema-śīlaḥ svayaṁ patiḥ
prema-śīlaḥ
being affectionate
svayam
himself
patiḥ
the husband
bibhṛyāt sarva-karmāṇi
bibhṛyāt
should execute
sarva-karmāṇi
all activities
patnyā uccāvacāni ca
patnyāḥ
of the wife
ucca-avacāni
high and low
ca
also.
Accepting her husband as the representative of the Supreme Person, a wife should worship him with unalloyed devotion by offering him prasāda. The husband, being very pleased with his wife, should engage himself in the affairs of his family.

The family relationship of husband and wife should be established spiritually according to the process mentioned above.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Accepting her husband as the representative of the Supreme Lord, the wife should worship him with unalloyed devotion by offering him what was offered to the Lord. The husband, being very pleased, should execute all actions high and low for his wife.
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