Yama said: The more you address me in words pregnant with religious meaning, delightful to the mind, full of sweet phrases and of grave import, the more I am inclined to respect you. O lady, devotedly attached to your husband, crave an incomparable boon.
यम उवाच यथा यथा भाषसि धर्मसंहितं मनोऽनुकूलं सुपदं महार्थवत्। तथा तथा मे त्वयि भक्तिरुत्तमा वरं वृणीष्वाप्रतिमं पतिव्रते॥