[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) › 9.20 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.20 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.20) yan me mātā pralulubhe vicaranty apativratā tan me retaḥ pitā vṛṅktām ity asyaitan nidarśanam // > 'If my mother, going astray and unfaithful, conceived illicit desires, may my father keep that seed from me,' that is the scriptural text. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.19) - [Next: 9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.21) - [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.9.20) — Georg Bühler 1886, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.20) · Pramāṇa