Words Well Worth 42: Let's Love Whatso Is Fair Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

Woman weighed with virtue,
Bower bent with blossoms' hue,
Speech weighed with meaningful fare,
Let's like whatso is good and fair.
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Transliteration of the subhāśhita along with the meanings of Sanskrit words is given as under:

shīla-bhāravatī kāntā puśhpa-bhāravatī latā |
artha-bhāravatī vāņī bhaja te kam api shriyam ||

shīla-bhāravatī: weighed down with virtue
kāntā: a beautiful woman
puśhpa-bhāravatī: bedecked/leaning with a blossom of flowers
latā: a creeper on a bower
artha-bhāravatī: full of/weighed with meaningful words
vāņī: speech
bhaja: let us praise, let's like
te: that
kam api: whatso
shriyam: (be) auspicious

In olden days it was felt that if the lady of the house is virtuous, children will also be so.

Topic: virtue, good