The eldest sister, O chief of Bharata's race, is like a mother. The wife of the eldest brother also is like the mother, for the younger brother, in infancy receives nursing from her.
ज्येष्ठा मातृसमा चापि भगिनी भरतर्षभ॥ भ्रातुर्भार्या च तद्वत् स्याद् यस्या बाल्ये स्तनं पिबेत्।।