Manusmriti

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बाल्ये पितुर्वशे तिष्ठेत् पाणिग्राहस्य यौवने । पुत्राणां भर्तरि प्रेते न भजेत् स्त्री स्वतन्त्रताम् ॥ १४८ ॥

sanskrit

In childhood a female must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, when her lord is dead to her sons; a woman must never be independent.

english translation

bAlye piturvaze tiSThet pANigrAhasya yauvane । putrANAM bhartari prete na bhajet strI svatantratAm ॥ 148 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/manusmriti/5/148

बाल्ये पितुर्वशे तिष्ठेत् पाणिग्राहस्य यौवने । पुत्राणां भर्तरि प्रेते न भजेत् स्त्री स्वतन्त्रताम् ॥ १४८ ॥

sanskrit

In childhood a female must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, when her lord is dead to her sons; a woman must never be independent.

english translation

bAlye piturvaze tiSThet pANigrAhasya yauvane । putrANAM bhartari prete na bhajet strI svatantratAm ॥ 148 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript