Manusmriti
चतुर्णामपि वर्णानं प्रेत्य चैह हिताहितान् । अष्टाविमान् समासेन स्त्रीविवाहान्निबोधत ॥ २० ॥
Now listen to (the) brief (description of) the following eight marriage-rites used by the four castes (varna) which partly secure benefits and partly produce evil both in this life and after death.
english translation
caturNAmapi varNAnaM pretya caiha hitAhitAn । aSTAvimAn samAsena strIvivAhAnnibodhata ॥ 20 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptचतुर्णामपि वर्णानं प्रेत्य चैह हिताहितान् । अष्टाविमान् समासेन स्त्रीविवाहान्निबोधत ॥ २० ॥
Now listen to (the) brief (description of) the following eight marriage-rites used by the four castes (varna) which partly secure benefits and partly produce evil both in this life and after death.
english translation
caturNAmapi varNAnaM pretya caiha hitAhitAn । aSTAvimAn samAsena strIvivAhAnnibodhata ॥ 20 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript