The wise have said that this was the ancient practice. But, O princess, men, learned in the Vedas, have declared that whether the act be sinful or sinless, it is the duty of the wife to do what her husband commands.
धर्ममेवं जनाः सन्तः पुराणं परिचक्षते। भर्ता भार्यां राजपुत्रि धर्म्य वाधर्म्यमेव वा॥ यद् ब्रूयात् तत् तथा कार्यमिति वेदविदो विदुः।