पिता father, न not, आत्मजः son, न not, आत्मा own self, न not, माता mother, न not, सखीजनः friends, न not, नारीणाम् for women, इह here, प्रेत्य च in the next world also, सदा always, एकः alone, पतिः husband, गतिः is the ultimate refuge.

It is not her father or mother, nor her son or herself, nor her friends but her husband alone gives a woman the permanent refuge in this or in the next world.