The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.44.4
Bhāratabhāvadīpa 13.44.4
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13.44.4
atra brāhma ityanenārṣadaivayorapi grahaṇaṃ brāhmaṇayogyā ete vivāhāḥ | yadāhāśvalāyanaḥ - ‘alaṅkṛtya kanyāmudakapūrvāṃ dadyādeṣa brāhmo vivāhaḥ | ṛtvije vitate karmaṇi dadyādalaṅkṛtya sa daivaḥ | gomithunaṃ datvopayaccheta sa ārṣaḥ’ iti | evam uktaguṇavantam āvāhyaṃ vivāhayogyam āvahet ākārayet | tataśca anukūlato dhanadānādinā abhimukhīkṛtāya dadyāt | ayaṃ caturthaḥ prājāpatyo brāhmaṇānāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca praśastataro dvitīyatvenātra gaṇyate ||