na gṛhaṁ gṛham ity āhur
gṛhiṇī gṛham ucyate
tayā hi sahitaḥ sarvān
puruṣārthān samaśnute

 na - not; gṛham - the home; gṛham - the house; iti - thus; āhuḥ - said; gṛhiṇī - the wife; gṛham - home; ucyate - it is said; tayā - with her; hi - certainly; sahitaḥ - together; sarvān - all; puruṣa-arthān - goals of human life; samaśnute - perfects.


Text

“Merely a house is not a home, for it is a wife who gives a home its meaning. If one lives at home with his wife, together they can fulfill all the interests of human life.”

Purport