दशमातृहरीतकी

दशवैद्यसमा पत्नी दशपत्नीसमो रविः।

दशसूर्यतमा माता दशमातृहरीतकी॥५१

नीतिसारे॥॥

daśavaidyasamā patnī daśapatnīsamo raviḥ|

daśasūryatamā mātā daśamātṛharītakī ||51

nītisāre||||

पत्नी दशवैद्यसमा वर्तते An affectionate and caring wife will be as good as ten doctors..

रविः दशपत्नीसमो वर्तते Exposure to sun can be as effective as the tender care of ten wives.

माता दशसूर्यतमा वर्तते The care and love that a mother can bestow on a person is as beneficial as that of ten suns

हरीतकी दशमातृ समा वर्तते And a single pod of Kadukka (കടുക്ക) as a medicine is ten times as great as a mothers love and care

An affectionate and caring wife will be as good as ten doctors..

Exposure to sun can be as effective as the tender care of ten wives.

The care and love that a mother can bestow on a person is as beneficial as that of ten suns

And a single pod of Kadukka (കടുക്ക) as a medicine is ten times as great as a mothers love and care

This is quoted in neetisaaram... It is said that it is according to the views of the great ayurvedic masters like Sushruta etc..

Kadukka is Harad in Hindi, botanical name Terminalia chebula