Manusmriti

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न कन्यायाः पिता विद्वान् गृह्णीयात् शुल्कमण्वपि । गृह्णंशुल्कं हि लोभेन स्यान्नरोऽपत्यविक्रयी ?? ॥ ५१ ॥

No father who knows (the law) must take even the smallest gratuity for his daughter; for a man who, through avarice, takes a gratuity, is a seller of his offspring.

english translation

na kanyAyAH pitA vidvAn gRhNIyAt zulkamaNvapi | gRhNaMzulkaM hi lobhena syAnnaro'patyavikrayI ?? || 51 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript