The wife should know her husband by his deeds. Indeed, that man who fails to protect his wife, carns great infamy here and goes into Hell hereafter. Such a man falls down from even a position of great fame and never succeeds in acquiring happy regions hereafter.
दारेष्वधीनो धर्मश्च पितॄणामात्मनस्तथा। न वेत्ति कर्मतो भार्यारक्षणे योऽक्षमः पुमान्॥ अयशो महदाप्नोति नरकांश्चैव गच्छति।