Garudapurana 1.95.14
Garuḍapurāṇa 1.95.14
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- Sanskrit
1.95.14
aprayacchansamāpnoti bhrūṇahatyāmṛtāvṛtau /
eṣāmabhāve dātṝṇāṃ kanyā kuryāt svayaṃvaram //
If he does not give her away, he incurs [the sin of] destroying an embryo at every season.
In the absence of these givers, the maiden may choose her own husband.
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