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# Manava Dharmashastra 9.21

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.21

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.21)

dhyāyaty aniṣṭaṃ yat kiṃ cit pāṇigrāhasya cetasā  
tasyaiṣa vyabhicārasya nihnavaḥ samyag ucyate //

> If a woman thinks in her heart of anything that would pain her husband, the (above-mentioned text) is declared (to be a means for) completely removing such infidelity.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.9.21) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (7)

- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.15.p21) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini.15.p21) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta.15.p21) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthamuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!kulluka) — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!raghavananda) — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Vivādaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadaratnakara.18.p112) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit
- [Ratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mithila.ratnakara.18.p112) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara.17.p171) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit

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