In plain words
She must bring to that home the prosperity and good character that befit it. She is Gṛhalakṣmī, not Office-Lakṣmī. Her second title is ‘Ardhāṅgī’. Ardhāṅgī to whom? Ardhāṅgī to her pati, her husband, not Ardhāṅgī to her pani, her work. Her third title is ‘Illālu’. She is the āli, the wife, of the home, not the āli of the office. ‘Dharmapatnī’ is the fourth. The home is the dwelling of every Dharma. That itself is the birthplace of the divine, ever-new Dharma that has gone on being spread and taught in Bhārata since ancient times. What we must protect today is Dharma and Satya, not the country. When we protect Satya and Dharma, they themselves will protect the country. So we must raise up Dharma in our homes. The home is not merely something ordinary.
Without even the reading of good books that people do not want, a school that teaches many śāstras; gathering everything in itself without toil, a pleasure-ground that gives Ānanda; making even Aja, Hara and the rest into little babies, a mantra-hall that brings such glory: the husband's home itself is the school for wives.
The mother is the first guru of every child born
Our home is a model school. It is the abode of the Dharma that uplifts the world. It is the place where the lamp of Satya that protects the world is lit. However much they study and however much authority they hold, the special duty of women is first of all to set their own home right. To many thousands, lakhs and crores of students and little children, the mother is motherhood itself in form. The mother is the first guru of every child born. When such a guru leaves her own children and goes off to teach other people's children, what will become of her home? For the woman of Bhārata, the chief duty, the foremost ideal and goal, is to set her own home right herself.