[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) › 9.16 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.16 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.16) evaṃ svabhāvaṃ jñātvāsāṃ prajāpatinisargajam paramaṃ yatnam ātiṣṭhet puruṣo rakṣaṇaṃ prati // > Knowing their disposition, which the Lord of creatures laid in them at the creation, to be such, (every) man should most strenuously exert himself to guard them. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.15) - [Next: 9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.17) - [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.9.16) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Linked texts (4) - [Vivādaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadaratnakara.18.p112) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara.17.p171) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyasārasamuccaya (Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.krtyasarasamuccaya.2.p405) — Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman 1800, Sanskrit - [Vivādacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.vivadacintamani.2.p176) — Vācaspatimiśra (Maithila smārta), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.16) · Pramāṇa