Shri Tukaram Charitam II Vol III Book VIII Chp 9 Shlokas 6 - 9
जीजाबायीति विख्याता पत्नी सद्गुणसंयुता |
पतिव्रता महाभागा तुकारामस्य तस्य तु ||
पित्रार्जितेषु द्रव्येषु विनष्टेषु च सर्वशः |
भूषणान्यपि विक्रीय गृहकृत्यं चकार सा ||
दारिद्र्येणैव खिन्नापि भर्तारं निजबालकान् |
प्रेम्णैव पोषयामास कोपताविवर्जिता ||
विरुद्धलोकवेदेस्मिन् विट्ठलध्यानतत्परे |
कुर्वन्ति बहुमानञ्च सर्वं भारं बिभर्ति सा ||
Saint Tukaram had a blessed, chaste and good-natured wifee named Kanakabhai. When all the ancestral property was exhausted she was meeting the family expenses selling her jewels one by one. Thought stricken with poverty, she was taking care of her husband and children with endurance and great love. She had very great esteem for Tukaram who was totally lost in Panduranga dhyana, and was beyond all earthly duties and Vedic rituals. Hence, she herself had to bear the burden of household management.
