Manusmriti

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पित्रा भर्त्रा सुतैर्वाऽपि नेच्छेद् विरहमात्मनः । एषां हि विरहेण स्त्री गर्ह्ये कुर्यादुभे कुले ॥ १४९ ॥

sanskrit

She must not seek to separate herself from her father, husband, or sons; by leaving them she would make both (her own and her husband’s) families contemptible.

english translation

pitrA bhartrA sutairvA'pi necched virahamAtmanaH | eSAM hi viraheNa strI garhye kuryAdubhe kule || 149 ||

hk transliteration