Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10, Chapter 80, Text 08

SB 10.80.8

pati-vrata patim praha
 mlayata vadanena sa
daridram sidamana vai
 vepamanabhigamya ca
 
Translation: 
 
The chaste wife of the poverty-stricken brahmana once approached him, her face dried up because of her distress. Trembling with fear, she spoke as follows.
 
Purport: 
 
According to Sridhara Svami, the chaste lady was especially unhappy because she could not obtain food to feed her husband. Further, she was fearful to approach her husband because she knew that he did not want to beg for anything other than devotion to the Supreme Lord.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10, Chapter 80, Text 07
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10, Chapter 80, Text 09