Than the husband a greater friend find I none, O Vaidehī, who is worthy of being served both in this world and the next, and who is like imperishable asceticism.
नातो विशिष्टं पश्यामि बान्धवं विमृशन्त्यहम्। सर्वत्र योग्यं वैदेहि तपःकृतमिवाव्ययम्॥