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राम

अध्यायः 5

Chapter 5 · Verse 31

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धर्मार्थसाध काह्येते न कामबलवर्द्धनः । भार्यैका तु तथाभूता कामानन्दविवर्द्धिनी ॥ ३१॥

IAST

dharmārthasādha kāhyete na kāmabalavarddhanaḥ | bhāryaikā tu tathābhūtā kāmānandavivarddhinī || 31||

English

—all these assist the aims of dharma and prosperity, but they do not increase the power of intimate love. A wife alone has that nature and expands the bliss of love.