The wife is accepted as the better half of a man's body

Expressions researched:
"Wife means better half" |"better half of her husband" |"goddess of fortune, who is always the better half" |"his better half" |"she is called the better half of a man's body" |"the wife is accepted as the better half of a man's body" |"wife is considered better half" |"wife is considered to be the half, better half" |"wife to be his better half" |"wife, the better half of the husband" |"wife, you are his better half" |"woman from the better half of man's body" |"woman is known as his better half" |"your husband's better half"

SB Canto 1

SB 1.7.45, Purport:

The wife of Droṇācārya, Kṛpī, is the sister of Kṛpācārya. A devoted wife, who is according to revealed scripture the better half of her husband, is justified in embracing voluntary death along with her husband if she is without issue. But in the case of the wife of Droṇācārya, she did not undergo such a trial because she had her son, the representative of her husband. A widow is a widow only in name if there is a son of her husband existing. So in either case Aśvatthāmā was the representative of Droṇācārya, and therefore killing Aśvatthāmā would be like killing Droṇācārya. That was the argument of Draupadī against the killing of Aśvatthāmā.