[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) › 9.22 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.22 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.22) yādṛgguṇena bhartrā strī saṃyujyeta yathāvidhi tādṛgguṇā sā bhavati samudreṇeva nimnagā // > Whatever be the qualities of the man with whom a woman is united according to the law, such qualities even she assumes, like a river (united) with the ocean. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.21) - [Next: 9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.23) - [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.9.22) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.15.p22) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Vivādaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadaratnakara.19.p2) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara.18.p4) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit - [Madanaratna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaratna.3.p742) — Madanasiṃha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.22) · Pramāṇa