Bhadra said: O greatly learned man in religious precepts, women serve no purpose when their husband is dead. She who lives without her husband lives a miserable life.
भद्रोवाच नारी परमधर्मज्ञ सर्वा भर्तृविनाकृता। पतिं विना जीवति या न सा जीवति दुःखिता॥