According to the Vedas and various other sacred texts, wives are inseparably blended with their husbands. And the wise say that there is no other gift better than that of a wife in this world.
दनन्यरूपाः पुरुषस्य दाराः। दारप्रदानाद्धि न दानमन्यत् प्रदृश्यते ज्ञानवतां हि लोके ॥