Manusmriti

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काममामरणात् तिष्ठेद् गृहे कन्यार्तुमत्यपि । न चैवैनां प्रयच्छेत् तु गुणहीनाय कर्हि चित् ॥ ८९ ॥

sanskrit

(But) the maiden, though marriageable, should rather stop in (the father’s) house until death, than that he should ever give her to a man destitute of good qualities.

english translation

kAmamAmaraNAt tiSThed gRhe kanyArtumatyapi | na caivainAM prayacchet tu guNahInAya karhi cit || 89 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript