[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) › 9.4 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.4 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.4) kāle 'dātā pitā vācyo vācyaś cānupayan patiḥ mṛte bhartari putras tu vācyo mātur arakṣitā // > Reprehensible is the father who gives not (his daughter in marriage) at the proper time; reprehensible is the husband who approaches not (his wife in due season), and reprehensible is the son who does not protect his mother after her husband has died. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.3) - [Next: 9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.5) - [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.9.4) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (7) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja) — Govindarāja, 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 - [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit - [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit - [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (7) - [The History and Culture of the Indian People](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.majumdar-1951-hcip.v4.c100.s68.t13.6) — R. C. Majumdar & A. D. Pusalker, English - [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.1699) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit - [The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c16.96) — A. S. Altekar, English - [The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.hopkins-1889.c2.s6.67) — E. W. Hopkins, English - [Madanaratna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaratna.3.p739) — Madanasiṃha, Sanskrit - [Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.573) — Julius Jolly & Batakrishna Ghosh, English - [Śūdrakamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.jati.sudrakamalakara.45.1) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.4) · Pramāṇa