[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) › 9.95 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.95 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.95 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.95) devadattāṃ patir bhāryāṃ vindate necchayātmanaḥ tāṃ sādhvīṃ bibhṛyān nityaṃ devānāṃ priyam ācaran // > The husband receives his wife from the gods, (he does not wed her) according to his own will; doing what is agreeable to the gods, he must always support her (while she is) faithful. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.94) - [Next: 9.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.96) - [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.9.95) — Georg Bühler 1886, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.95) · Pramāṇa