[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 9.12 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.12 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.12) arakṣitā gṛhe ruddhāḥ puruṣair āptakāribhiḥ ātmānam ātmanā yās tu rakṣeyus tāḥ surakṣitāḥ // > Women, confined in the house under trustworthy and obedient servants, are not (well) guarded; but those who of their own accord keep guard over themselves, are well guarded. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.11) - [Next: 9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.13) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.9.12) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Vyavahāraprakāśa (Mitramiśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vyavaharaprakasa.8.p828) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit - [Madanaratna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaratna.3.p741) — Madanasiṃha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.12) · Pramāṇa