Rules of Obligation for Hindu wife (based on “Laws of Manu” (Ma + knew):
The sacrament of marriage – of how a woman becomes an adult – entails
obligations primarily to husband:
A virtuous wife should constantly serve her husband
like a god, even if he behaves badly, freely indulges
his lust, and is devoid of any good qualities.
Apart from their husbands, women cannot sacrifice
or undertake a vow or a fast. It is because a wife
obeys her husband that she is exalted to heaven.