Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 24: Rāma Instructs Kausalyā
Text 2.24.21
जीवन्त्या हि स्त्रिया भर्ता दैवतं प्रभुरेव च।
भवत्या मम चैवाद्य राजा प्रभवति प्रभुः॥
jīvantyā hi striyā bhartā daivataṁ prabhur eva ca
bhavatyā mama caivādya rājā prabhavati prabhuḥ
jīvantyāḥ hi = as long as she lives; striyāḥ = is a woman’s; bhartā = a husband; daivatam = deity; prabhuḥ = master; eva = alone; ca = and; bhavatyāḥ = you; mama = Me; ca eva = and; adya = right now; rājā = the king; prabhavati = has power over; prabhuḥ = as our master.
A husband alone is a woman’s deity and master as long as she lives. Right now the king has power over you and Me as our master.