Srimad Bhagavatam 10.23.27-29
Text 27
darapatya-dhanadayah
yat-samparkat priya asams
tatah ko nv aparah priyah
TRANSLATION
It is only by contact with the self that one's vital breath, intelligence, mind, friends, body, wife, children, wealth and so on are dear. Therefore what object can possibly be more dear than one's own self?
Text 28
patayo vo dvijatayah
sva-satram parayishyanti
yushmabhir griha-medhinah
TRANSLATION
You should thus return to the sacrificial arena, because your husbands, the learned brahmanas, are householders and need your assistance to finish their respective sacrifices.
Text 29
maivam vibho 'rhati bhavan gaditum nr-samsam
satyam kurushva nigamam tava pada-mulam
prapta vayam tulasi-dama padavasrishtam
kesair nivodhum atilanghya samasta-bandhun
TRANSLATION
The wives of the brahmanas replied: O almighty one, please do not speak such cruel words. Rather, You should fulfill Your promise that You always reciprocate with Your devotees in kind. Now that we have attained Your lotus feet, we simply wish to remain here in the forest so we may carry upon our heads the garlands of tulasi leaves You may neglectfully kick away with Your lotus feet. We are ready to give up all material relationships.