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.