Let your purpose be accomplished through men whose families and conduct are wellknown. You should always protect your body also with care in matters connected with your food, O Bharata, as also in the hours of sport and eating and in matters connected with the garlands you wear and the beds you lie upon. The ladies of your household should be properly protected, looked over by aged and trusted servitors, of good conduct, well-born, and possessed of learning, O Yudhishthira.
पुरुषैरलमर्थस्ते विदितैः कुलशीलतः। आत्मा च रक्ष्यः सततं भोजनादिषु भारत॥ विहाराहारकालेषु माल्यशय्यासनेषु च। स्त्रियश्च ते सुगुप्ताः स्युर्वृद्धराप्तैरधिष्ठिताः॥ शीलवद्भिः कुलीनैश्च विद्वद्धिश्च युधिष्ठिर।