अतन्त्री without strings, वीणा veena (lute), न वाद्यते cannot be played, अचक्रः without wheels, रथ: a chariot, न वर्तते does not move, अपतिः without husband, शतात्मजा a hundred sons, स्यादपि even if she has, सुखम् happiness, न एधेत one does not flourish.

A veena (lute) sans strings cannot be played. A chariot without wheels cannot move. Similarly, a woman without her husband finds no happiness even though she has one hundred sons.