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नायकस्य व्रतमुपवासं च स्वयमपि करणेनानुवर्तेत। वारितायां च नाहमत्र निबन्धनीयेति तद्वचसो निवर्तनम् ॥ २६ ॥

sanskrit

If her husband practices periodic abstinence or fasting, she does the same. She tells him, "We are bound to one another. I am not independent."

english translation

hindi translation

nAyakasya vratamupavAsaM ca svayamapi karaNenAnuvarteta| vAritAyAM ca nAhamatra nibandhanIyeti tadvacaso nivartanam || 26 ||

hk transliteration

मृद्विदलकाष्ठचर्मलोहभाण्डानां च काले समर्थग्रहणम् ॥ २७ ॥

sanskrit

She takes advantage of opportunities for buying earthenware, bamboo, wooden, leather, iron, and copper utensils cheaply.

english translation

hindi translation

mRdvidalakASThacarmalohabhANDAnAM ca kAle samarthagrahaNam || 27 ||

hk transliteration

तथा लवणस्नेहयोश्च गन्धद्रव्यकटुकभाण्डौषधानां च दुर्लभानां भवनेषु प्रच्छ निधानम् ॥ २८ ॥

sanskrit

She also purchases salt, oil, and spices, which she keeps in containers for normal use, but she hides the pots containing rare products.

english translation

hindi translation

tathA lavaNasnehayozca gandhadravyakaTukabhANDauSadhAnAM ca durlabhAnAM bhavaneSu praccha nidhAnam || 28 ||

hk transliteration

मूलकालुकपालङ्की दमनकाम्रातकैर्वारुकत्रपुसवार्ताककूष्माण्डालाबु सूरणशुकनासास्वयंगुतातिलपर्णिकाग्निमन्धलशुनपलाण्डुप्रभृतीनां सर्वोषधीनां च बीजग्रहणं काले वापश्च ॥ २९ ॥

sanskrit

In order to sow them in season, she gathers the seeds of: radish [mulaka], sweet potatoes [alu], beetroot [palanki], absinthe [damanaka], rataka [myrobalan, Emblica officinalis mongiferas, cucumber fenva], aubergines [kapusavarta], marrows [kushmanda], gourds [alabu or tumbi], surana or kunda [Amorpbopballus campanulatus bignonia [shukanasa, sarvato bhadra], svayamgupta or kapikachu [Mucunia pruriens], yellow grapes [tiliparnika or kashmari, Gyrandropsis pentapbylla], and sundry plants such as agnimanthala [Premna spinata], garlic [lashuna], onions [palandu], and other plants in current use, as well as medicinal herbs, in order to sow them in due season.

english translation

hindi translation

mUlakAlukapAlaGkI damanakAmrAtakairvArukatrapusavArtAkakUSmANDAlAbu sUraNazukanAsAsvayaMgutAtilaparNikAgnimandhalazunapalANDuprabhRtInAM sarvoSadhInAM ca bIjagrahaNaM kAle vApazca || 29 ||

hk transliteration

स्वस्य च सारस्य परेभ्यो नाख्यानं भर्तृमन्त्रितस्य च ॥ ३० ॥

sanskrit

She must never speak to anyone about what she possesses, or of what she knows about her husband.

english translation

hindi translation

svasya ca sArasya parebhyo nAkhyAnaM bhartRmantritasya ca || 30 ||

hk transliteration