I, therefore, that am well versed in my duty, and that have you for my husband,—you who are devoted to virtue,-O, why shall I, falling off from the path of duty, tread along the path of disobedience and sin?
साहं धर्मं विजानन्ती धर्मनित्ये त्वयि स्थिते। सत्पथं कथमुत्सृज्य यास्यामि विपथं पथः॥