The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 1.3.60
Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) 1.3.60
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1.3.60
savarṇāsu vivāhe svagṛhyoktavidhinā pāṇir eva grāhyaḥ | kṣatriyakanyā tu śaraṃ gṛṇīyāt | vaiśyā pratodam ādadyāt | utkṛṣṭavedane śudrā punar vasanasya daśām | yathāha manuḥ |
In a marriage with women of the same class, only the hand is to be grasped according to the rule prescribed in one's own Gṛhyasūtra. A Kshatriya maiden, however, should take an arrow. A Vaishya woman should take a goad. In a marriage with a higher-class man, a Shudra woman, however, [should take] the hem of a garment. As Manu says:
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