[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) › 9.5 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.5 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.5) sūkṣmebhyo 'pi prasaṅgebhyaḥ rakṣyā viśeṣataḥ dvayor hi kulayoḥ śokam āvaheyur arakṣitāḥ // > Women must particularly be guarded against evil inclinations, however trifling (they may appear); for, if they are not guarded, they will bring sorrow on two families. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.4) - [Next: 9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.6) - [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.9.5) — Georg Bühler 1886, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.5) · Pramāṇa