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Vidura Niti 6.7

Vidura speaking to King Dhritarashtra

It hath been said that wives that are highly blessed and virtuous, worthy of worship and the ornaments of their homes, are really embodiments of domestic prosperity. They should, therefore, be protected particularly. One should devolve the looking over of his inner apartments on his father; of the kitchen, on his mother; of the kine, on somebody he looks upon as his own self; but as regards agriculture, one should look over it himself.

In plain words: Good and virtuous wives are the blessing and wealth of a home, so they should be especially protected. A man should let his father oversee the inner rooms of the house, his mother the kitchen, and a trusted person the cows. He should look after his farming himself.

Mahabharata, Vidura Niti
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