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.