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Chapter 9
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9.1. I will now propound the eternal laws for a husband and his wife who keep to the path of duty, whether they
be united or separated.
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9.2. Day and night woman must be kept in dependence by the males (of) their (families), and, if they attach
themselves to sensual enjoyments, they must be kept under one’s control.
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9.3. Her father protects (her) in childhood, her husband protects (her) in youth, and her sons protect (her) in old
age; a woman is never fit for independence.
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9.4. 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.
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9.5. 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.
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9.6. Considering that the highest duty of all castes, even weak husbands (must) strive to guard their wives.
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9.7. He who carefully guards his wife, preserves (the purity of) his offspring, virtuous conduct, his family,
himself, and his (means of acquiring) merit.
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9.8. The husband, after conception by his wife, becomes an embryo and is born again of her; for that is the
wifehood of a wife (gaya), that he is born (gayate) again by her.
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9.9. As the male is to whom a wife cleaves, even so is the son whom she brings forth; let him therefore carefully
guard his wife, in order to keep his offspring pure.
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9.10. No man can completely guard women by force; but they can be guarded by the employment of the
(following) expedients: