[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) › 9.6 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.6 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.6) imaṃ hi sarvavarṇānāṃ paśyanto dharmam uttamam yatante rakṣituṃ bhāryāṃ bhartāro durbalā api // > Considering that the highest duty of all castes, even weak husbands (must) strive to guard their wives. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.5) - [Next: 9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.7) - [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.9.6) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Madanaratna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaratna.3.p739) — Madanasiṃha, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyasārasamuccaya (Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.krtyasarasamuccaya.2.p396) — Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman 1800, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.6) · Pramāṇa