Manu 9.96
प्रजनार्थं स्त्रियः सृष्टाः) संतानार्थं च मानवः । तस्मात् साधारणो धर्मः श्रुतौ पत्न्या सहौदितः ॥
prajanārthaṃ striyaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ) saṃtānārthaṃ ca mānavaḥ | tasmāt sādhāraṇo dharmaḥ śrutau patnyā saha.uditaḥ ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
To be mothers were women created, and to be fathers men; religious rites, therefore, are ordained in the Veda to be performed (by the husband) together with the wife.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.