[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) › 9.26 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.26 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.26) prajanārthaṃ mahābhāgāḥ pūjārhā gṛhadīptayaḥ striyaḥ śriyaś ca geheṣu na viśeṣo 'sti kaś cana // > Between wives (striyah) who (are destined) to bear children, who secure many blessings, who are worthy of worship and irradiate (their) dwellings, and between the goddesses of fortune (sriyah, who reside) in the houses (of men), there is no difference whatsoever. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.25) - [Next: 9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.27) - [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.9.26) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.15.p27) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Vicāratrayī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.vada.vicaratrayi.62.1-6) — Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī 1697, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.26) · Pramāṇa