अद्भिर् एव द्विजअग्र्याणां कन्यादानं विशिष्यते) । इतरेषां तु वर्णानाम् इतरेतरकाम्यया ॥
adbhir eva dvija.agryāṇāṃ kanyādānaṃ viśiṣyate) | itareṣāṃ tu varṇānām itaretarakāmyayā ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
The gift of daughters among Brāhmaṇas is most approved, (if it is preceded) by (a libation of) water; but in the case of other castes (it may be performed) by (the expression of) mutual consent.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.