In plain words
But he would not praise him in front of this Tulasīdās. Little by little this grew into a tree. His name and fame spread in all four directions.
In time he reached the age of twenty, twenty-one. In that same village people of high caste, brahmins, tried to give this young man their daughter in marriage. At first Tulasīdās said, "I do not want this marriage." As a rule it is natural for all such young men to say this. Whichever parents ask, whichever gurus ask, it has become a fashion to say, "Oh no, I don't care for marriage." This began even in those days. That is, four hundred years ago. But whether by Narahari Dās's encouragement or by his urging, he agreed at last. At an auspicious hour the marriage with that girl took place. But some incidents here must be told. Only when they are told will the children understand well what the future is worth.
Tulasīdās, who said until his wedding that he did not like marriage, from the moment he was married would not leave his wife for a single moment. He would not drink even water without her. He would give up all his work. He would not let her go to eat. He himself would not go to eat. A hysteria of this kind began. After the wedding, after she had come to his house, though a year had gone by, and though her home was in the same village, he did not send her to the house she was born in, poor girl. Singing the story of Rāma and writing the story of Rāma came to a complete standstill. This wife grew very weary of it, poor girl. She hoped, poor girl, to find some moment to go to her mother's house even for a single day. One day Tulasīdās had no choice but to go to a neighbouring village. When he said he would go to the neighbouring village in the evening and come back at night, this wife saw that this was the moment. She told the neighbours and went off with her brother to her mother's house. Women in those days were not at all accustomed to going about the streets alone. So she reached her mother's house with her brother. A little of the night went by. At that time Tulasīdās came back home. The rain was pouring down in torrents. Lightning was flashing.