Gopalacampu 1.16.11

1.16.11

[5] yatra ca kanyānāṃ mātara-pitareṣu tad-dānāya pūrvam eva svayam anabhirucitī-kṛta-murajid-itareṣu, svapna-doṣād evānyatrāvagata-tad-vitareṣu, tata eva duḥkhitatayānabhinandita-tat-sambandhi-nikareṣu, samprati tāsām atiduḥkha-śuṣkatā-dṛṣṭyā bhīti-pareṣu, tata eva tat-prasthāpanāyāṃ sthagitāntareṣu loka-dharma-vigāna-labdha-dareṣu ca, ghūrṇita-cittā pūrṇimā tad idaṃ nirdideśa-

[5] And when the mothers and fathers of the maidens—who had already personally disliked everyone other than Murajit for giving them, and had granted them to others only because of the fault of an evil dream, and on that very account were aggrieved and did not welcome the assembly of those relatives, and now were filled with dread at seeing their emaciation through extreme grief, and therefore hesitated in sending them away, and were afraid of the censure of worldly custom—were thus bewildered in mind, Pūrṇimā instructed them as follows: