No opportunity should be given to any one of them of speaking to him about their rivals, and if one of them should begin to speak ill of another, he should chide her and tell her that she has exactly the same blemishes in her character.

One of them he should please by secret confidence, another by secret respect, and another by secret flattery, and he should please them all by going to gardens, by amusements, by presents, by honouring their relations, by telling them secrets, and lastly by loving unions.

A young woman who is of a good temper, and who conducts herself according to the precepts of the Holy Writ, wins her husband's attachment, and obtains a superiority over her rivals.
Thus ends the conduct of a husband towards many wives.
FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 54: A name given to the maid servants of the zenana of the Kings in ancient times, on account of their always keeping their breasts covered with a cloth called Kanchuki.

It was customary in the olden time for the maid servants to cover their breasts with a cloth, while the Queens kept their breasts uncovered.

This custom is distinctly to be seen in the Ajunta cave paintings.] [Footnote 55: The meaning of this word is a superior woman, so it would seem that a Mahallarika must be a person in authority over the maid servants of the house.] [Footnote 56: This was also appertaining to the rank of women employed in the harem.