Manusmriti

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विधिवत् प्रतिगृह्यापि त्यजेत् कन्यां विगर्हिताम् । व्याधितां विप्रदुष्टां वा छद्मना चोपपादिताम् ॥ ७२ ॥

sanskrit

Though (a man) may have accepted a damsel in due form, he may abandon (her if she be) blemished, diseased, or deflowered, and (if she have been) given with fraud.

english translation

vidhivat pratigRhyApi tyajet kanyAM vigarhitAm | vyAdhitAM vipraduSTAM vA chadmanA copapAditAm || 72 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript