Kamasutra 22.4

22.4

dhanahīnastvabhijanādiguṇayukto'pi daridraḥ kanyāṃ na labhate, madhyasthaguṇo hīnāpadeśo veti | madhyasthā rūpaśīlādayo guṇāḥ, abhijanaḥ pradhānaṃ tadabhāvāddhīnavyapadeśaḥ, sadhano vā prātiveśya iti| svagṛhasamīpavāsī sīmāsambandhena kalahādijanakatvād dhanagarvātra labhate, mātāpitrorbhrātṛṣu ca satsu, paratantro'nyapradhānaḥ sadhano'pi na labhate, bālavṛttarucitapraveśo veti | yo lāḍīkavad dṛśyate so'niṣiddhagṛhapraveśo'pi paribhavānna labhate, yadi na varayetkathamadhigacchedityāha-bālyāditi | anurañjayed , anuraktā hi svayameva gāndharveṇa vivāhena pāṇiṃ grāhayati, yataḥ ‘svayaṃ saṃyoge gāndharvaḥ’ iti, tasmādanurañjanārthaṃ bālāyāmupakramādanekaprakārā ucyante, yatra ca deśe prāyeṇaivaṃvidhā vṛttistāmadhikṛtyāhatathāyuktaśceti | dhanahīnatvādiyuktaḥ, dakṣiṇāpatha iti | tatra hi mātuladuhitā pariṇīyate, viyuktaḥ pitrormṛtatvātparibhūtakalpo mātulakulagataḥ, anyasmai vā pūrvadattāmadattāṃ vā, anyāmapi bāhyāmiti | yā mātuladuhitā na bhavati pitroḥ sambandhabāhyā tāmapi spṛhayet, tatra kartuḥ kriyayā''ptumiṣṭatamatvena vivakṣitatvātkarmatvam , anenānyasminnapi deśe vidhirayamiti darśayati, bālyātprabhṛ ti sati dharmādhigame bālāyāṃ dharmārthamadhigame sandarśanālāpalakṣaṇe sati saṃvananaṃ vaśīkaraṇamanurañjanalakṣaṇaṃślāghyam , anyathā darśanātkathaṃ saṃvananaṃ syād, dharmyaśca gāndharvovivāhaḥ, yathoktaṃ—‘tatra pūrve dharmyāścatvāraḥ, ṣaḍityeke’ |