मङ्गलार्थं स्वस्त्ययनं यज्ञश् च-आसां प्रजापतेः । प्रयुज्यते विवाहे तु प्रदानं स्वाम्यकारणम् ॥
maṅgalārthaṃ svastyayanaṃ yajñaś ca-āsāṃ prajāpateḥ | prayujyate vivāhe tu pradānaṃ svāmya.kāraṇam ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
For the sake of procuring good fortune to (brides), the recitation of benedictory texts (svastyayana), and the sacrifice to the Lord of creatures (Prajāpati) are used at weddings; (but) the betrothal (by the father or guardian) is the cause of (the husbands) dominion (over his wife). 147-149. See below, IX, 2-3;
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.