na gá¹›haá¹ gá¹›ham ity Ähur
gṛhiṇī gṛham ucyate
tayÄ hi sahitaḥ sarvÄn
puruá¹£ÄrthÄn samaÅ›nute

 na - not; gá¹›ham - the home; gá¹›ham - the house; iti - thus; Ähuḥ - said; gá¹›hiṇī - the wife; gá¹›ham - home; ucyate - it is said; tayÄ - with her; hi - certainly; sahitaḥ - together; sarvÄn - all; puruá¹£a-arthÄn - goals of human life; samaÅ›nute - perfects.


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“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.â€

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